Maokai vs Swain

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Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

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Respect his ult

Once he hits 6 he outheals your damage in a straight fight: make him ult, then kite away with Stormraider's Surge so it depletes.

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Punish before 6

The first five levels are easy to survive: that's your window to pressure him before his ult comes online.

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Play for CS

This is a farm lane; play for CS and don't force fights you can't finish.

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Never fight Swain to the death after 6: he simply out-heals you.

Runes

RESOLVE

SORCERY

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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Last 30 days Emerald+ - 51% WR - 285 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
		W							W	W		W	W
			E											E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→W→E

Maokai vs Swain in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: after 6 his ult out-heals you, never fight it to the death; bait it and leave.

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