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Maokai A Tier ARAM Mayhem Build

Maokai · the Twisted Treant

TankSupport 50.29% WR 9.06% PR Patch: 26.13

Damage Dealt -15% Damage Received +5%

Maokai is A tier in ARAM: Mayhem patch 26.13 with a 50.29% win rate. This guide covers their ARAM build, augment picks, and Mayhem-specific synergies.

Best Augments for Maokai

Dropkick 62.70%

Tank Engine 67.40%

Quest: Steel Your Heart 65.30%

Heavy Hitter 63.49%

Upgrade Immolate 58.01%

Augment Combos for Maokai

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5 combos

Circle of Death S God Tier

Maokai's best augment. One auto = full health.

Courage of the Colossus S

Q grants a shield stack per hit — multi-target Q = huge shield.

Void Rift is magic damage, so it fits AP champions with high magic pen — % magic pen amplifies it, and Pridestalker's ability damage procs it many times. Forge: magic pen > AP > MS.

Protein Shake S

Protein Shake gives huge sustain — combined with Maokai's % HP regen passive, you never die.

Protein Shake S

Maokai's QWR all proc Colossus's Courage shield; Protein Shake amps shield and passive heal — just stick W on enemies and chain QWR.

Maokai ARAM Mayhem Build & Augments

Mayhem-specific augment picks, synergies, and meta data for Maokai in patch 26.13.

Skill Priority

Data date: 20260701

Q>E>W Pick Rate: 36.18% Win Rate: 51.10%

Q W E Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 12.24% Win Rate: 51.03%

E W Q Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 1.40% Win Rate: 51.13%

Q W E Q Q R Q W Q E R E E E W Pick Rate: 1.29% Win Rate: 51.14%

Q>W>E Pick Rate: 25.93% Win Rate: 51.27%

Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R W W E E Pick Rate: 8.98% Win Rate: 51.34%

Q W E Q Q R Q E Q W R W W W E Pick Rate: 1.15% Win Rate: 51.39%

Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R E W W E Pick Rate: 0.96% Win Rate: 51.18%

E>Q>W Pick Rate: 14.90% Win Rate: 51.67%

Q W E E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 5.06% Win Rate: 51.82%

E W Q E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.65% Win Rate: 52.23%

Q W E Q E R E E E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.52% Win Rate: 51.66%

Starting Items

Pick Rate: 79.13% Win Rate: 50.47%

Unending Despair

Pick Rate: 54.53% Win Rate: 50.89%

Pick Rate: 44.33% Win Rate: 51.65%

Pick Rate: 41.54% Win Rate: 49.86%

Pick Rate: 31.05% Win Rate: 46.88%

Boots

Mercury's Treads

Pick Rate: 35.14% Win Rate: 49.38%

Boots of Swiftness

Pick Rate: 0.55% Win Rate: 51.97%

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Pick Rate: 5.63% Win Rate: 49.60%

Plated Steelcaps

Pick Rate: 12.00% Win Rate: 48.38%

Core Builds

Unending Despair

Pick Rate: 10.22% Win Rate: 50.87%

Unending Despair

Pick Rate: 6.87% Win Rate: 51.54%

Unending Despair

Pick Rate: 6.17% Win Rate: 53.50%

Winter's Approach

Unending Despair

Pick Rate: 3.68% Win Rate: 50.40%

Pick Rate: 3.57% Win Rate: 49.89%

Late-Game Builds

Rejuvenation Bead

Pick Rate: 0.61% Win Rate: 55.02%

Pick Rate: 34.11% Win Rate: 51.23%

Pick Rate: 0.61% Win Rate: 54.58%

Pick Rate: 6.06% Win Rate: 50.44%

Rejuvenation Bead

Crystalline Bracer

Pick Rate: 0.45% Win Rate: 53.33%

Best Augments for Maokai

Prismatic

Tier + appearance rate

Win rate: 62.70%

Your basic attacks and abilities execute enemy champions below 5% (+ 3% per 100 of your AD) (+ 0.2% per 1000 of your maximum health) of their maximum health, which causes their corpse to be sent flying away in a line. Upon collision with an enemy champion or terrain, the target's corpse explodes to deal 150 to 500 (+ 100% of your armor) (+ 100% of your magic resistance) magic damage to nearby enemies. Successful executions heal you for 100 to 300 (+ 2.5% of your maximum health).

The execution may also be triggered by the explosion.

Win rate: 60.87%

Grants 35% bonus health, 15% adaptive force, and 50% increased size.

Courage of the Colossus

Win rate: 49.39%

Immobilizing or grounding an enemy champion grants a shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 100 to 300 (+ 5% maximum health) damage (5 second cooldown per cast instance). Shields can stack between multiple triggers of this effect, though not refreshing the duration of previous shields.

Void Immolation

Win rate: 58.84%

Quest: Icathia's Fall - Immediately: Gain a Bami's Cinder and you can purchase 2 Immolate Items. Requirement: Possess Sunfire Aegis and Hollow Radiance. Reward: These Items combine into Void Immolation. Passive - Desolate: Killing an enemy deals magic damage around them.

Win rate: 54.13%

Casting a spell refunds another random spell's cost by the required number of% of the original spell's Cooldown.

Infinite Recursion

Win rate: 62.10%

Gain 60 ability haste, increased by 3 each time you score a champion takedown.

Gold

Tier + appearance rate

Win rate: 67.40%

Scoring a champion takedown generates a stack, stacking infinitely. For each stack, increase your maximum health and size by 5%. Lose 65% of stacks on death.

Quest: Steel Your Heart

Win rate: 65.30%

Quest: Obtain Heartsteel and accumulate over 300 bonus health from Colossal Consumption.

Reward: Upon completing your Quest, increase the bonus health gained from Heartsteel Colossal Consumption by 200%.

Win rate: 56.85%

Gain 1250 bonus health, but reduce your damage output by 10%.

Win rate: 52.34%

Immobilizing or grounding an enemy champion grants you 20 bonus health, stacking infinitely (5 second cooldown per cast instance).

Pressure Cooker

Win rate: 51.05%

Every second, apply a stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, scaling with your max Health.

QUEST: Deal Burn damage to enemy Champions.

REWARD: Size and damage increase per Quest Level.

Ethereal Weapon

Win rate: 58.29%

Your abilities apply on-hit effects (1 second cooldown per target).

Silver

Tier + appearance rate

Win rate: 63.49%

Basic attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 3.5% of your maximum health.

Upgrade Immolate

Win rate: 58.01%

Upgrades Bami's Cinder, Hollow Radiance, and Sunfire Aegis, empowering Immolate to additionally grant you 10 gold per tick for each enemy champion afflicted by its effect. Additionally, gain 250 gold.

Clones do not count as valid targets for the effect.

Win rate: 54.27%

Immobilizing or grounding an enemy champion grants you 10 adaptive force, stacking infinitely (5 second cooldown per cast instance). Lose 50% of stacks on death.

Purist - Caster

Win rate: 53.47%

Convert all of your bonus attack speed into ability haste at a rate of 0.65 ability haste per 1% bonus attack speed. Additionally, your abilities' total cooldowns are reduced by 10%.

Witchful Thinking

Win rate: 55.44%

Grants 20 to 80 ability power.

Forged By The Master

Win rate: 54.98%

Increase your Item and Augment damage by the required number of.

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Recent Stats Changes

Recent Snapshots

20260701_210447 • Patch: 26.13 • A 🛠 Build changed: Late

Rank: 36 Win: 50.29% Pick: 9.06%

Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.05% Pick Rate Δ: -0.09%

20260630_030136 • Patch: 26.13 • A 🛠 Build changed: Boots, Late

Rank: 36 Win: 50.34% Pick: 9.15%

Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: +0.01% Pick Rate Δ: -0.21%

20260628_030444 • Patch: 26.13 • A 🛠 Build changed: Boots, Late

Rank: 36 Win: 50.33% Pick: 9.36%

Rank Δ: ↓ -3 Win Rate Δ: +0.03% Pick Rate Δ: -0.26%

20260627_030216 • Patch: 26.13 • A 🛠 Build changed: Boots

Rank: 33 Win: 50.30% Pick: 9.62%

20260626_030129 • Patch: 26.13 • A 🛠 Build changed: Boots ✨ Augment changed: Gold, Silver

Rank: 36 Win: 50.24% Pick: 9.92%

Gold +Magic Missile -Growth Spurt

Silver +Witchful Thinking, Forged By The Master, Dive Bomber -Mind to Matter, Siphon, ADAPt +1

20260625_030343 • Patch: 26.13 • A

Rank: 31 Win: 50.33% Pick: 9.54%

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Courage of the Colossus

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