Support Matchup

Maokai vs Milio

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Maokai

Maokai

the Twisted Treant
Support
Maokai Support Overall Win Rate
50.56%

Matchup Win Rate

49.0%
Maokai vs Milio Wins
⚔
51.0%
Milio vs Maokai Wins
Milio

Milio

The Gentle Flame
Support
Milio Support Overall Win Rate
52.45%

Maokai vs Milio - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Maokai Support vs Milio Support - Who is stronger?

Maokai Support struggles against Milio (49.0% win rate) based on 536 games. This matchup can be tricky for Maokai players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Maokai Support vs Milio Support in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

While Maokai remains a niche pick (1.4% pick rate, 38th place out of 52 Support champions), Milio dominates the current meta support with 9.0% popularity. Mastering this matchup is crucial for Maokai players - you'll face Milio in the majority of your games. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Unsealed Spellbook + Hextech Flashtraption combination (59.2% win rate) plus optimal itemization Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Boots of Swiftness boosts your chances from 49.0% to 70%+ - potentially game-changing.

Vision deficit: Struggling in both the matchup and vision control (0.87 vs 0.93 wards/min) demands defensive warding and heavy jungle coordination. Damage doesn't equal wins: Maokai outputs more damage (443 vs 239/min, 2nd place) but still loses the matchup. The issue likely lies in survivability, mobility, or damage timing rather than raw output. Complete dominance by Milio: leads in both matchup win rate (51.0%) and KDA (3.70 vs 2.40, 2nd vs 26th place). Maokai players need exceptional preparation to overcome this counter-pick.

Maokai vs Milio - Support Stats Comparison

Maokai Support
Maokai Support		Versus
Milio Support
Milio Support
B+TierS+
49.0%Matchup Winrate51.0%
50.56%Role Winrate52.45%
#21Winrate Rank#1
1.4%Pickrate9.0%
2.4Average KDA3.7
312Gold per Minute281
0.87Wards per Minute0.93
443Damage per Minute239

How to Beat Milio as Maokai (Support)

Despite the slight difference in effectiveness, in the Maokai versus Milio matchup as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Maokai deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Meanwhile, Milio deals primarily magic damage (78.10%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Milio, ranking 17th (versus 29th for Maokai) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (3.7 versus 2.4) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Maokai Support versus Milio Support matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Maokai player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Milio player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Maokai vs Milio: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
47.4% Win Rate78.2% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
50.0% Win Rate4.7% Pick Rate

Maokai vs Milio: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Aftershock
Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of your Bonus Resists for 2.5s. Then explode, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies.

Damage: 25 - 120 (+8% of your bonus health)
Cooldown: 20s

Resistance bonus from Aftershock capped at: 80-150 (based on level)

Aftershock

After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of…

Font of Life
Font of Life Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you and the lowest health nearby allied champion.

70% effect for Ranged Users.

Cooldown: 20s

Font of Life

Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you a…

Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

46.5% Win Rate54.8% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Unsealed Spellbook
Unsealed Spellbook Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each unique Summoner Spell you swap to permanently decreases your swap cooldown by 25s (initial swap cooldown is at 5 mins).

Your first swap becomes available at 6 mins.

Summoner Spells can only be swapped while out of combat.
After using a swapped Summoner Spell you must swap 3 more times before the first can be selected again.
Smite damage increases after two Summoner Spell swaps.

Unsealed Spellbook

Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each uniqu…

Hextech Flashtraption
Hextech Flashtraption While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.

Hexflash: Channel for 2s to blink to a new location.

Cooldown: 20s. Goes on a 10s cooldown when you enter champion combat.

Hextech Flashtraption

While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel for 2s …

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction +8 Ability Haste

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

59.2% Win Rate4.4% Pick Rate

Maokai vs Milio: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
44.6% Win Rate84.3% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
43.9% Win Rate54.2% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
54.8% Win Rate15.8% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
51.4% Win Rate10.7% Pick Rate
Core Build
Winged Moonplate
Winged Moonplate (800 gold) 200 Health
4% Move Speed
->
Trailblazer
Trailblazer (2400 gold) 250 Health
40 Armor
4% Move Speed
Lead the Way
While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed.
At max speed:
  • Create a trail that grants allied champions Move Speed equal to 15% of yours.
  • If you are Melee, your next Attack Slows the target by 50% for 1 second.
    • Locket of the Iron Solari
    Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    Devotion
    Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor
    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    50.4% Win Rate6.1% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Randuin's Omen
    Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
    75 Armor
    Resilience
    Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
    Humility
    Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
    100.0% Win Rate100.0% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Oracle Lens
    Oracle Lens (0 gold) Active (160 - 100s, max 2 charges)
    Reveals enemy Stealth Wards and traps around you for 6 seconds.
    World Atlas
    World Atlas (400 gold)
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    56.8% Win Rate10.6% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    54.8% Win Rate15.8% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity
    51.4% Win Rate10.7% Pick Rate
    Sorcerer's Shoes
    Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
    45 Move Speed
    49.4% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Chain Vest
    Chain Vest (800 gold) 40 Armor
    ->
    Trailblazer
    Trailblazer (2400 gold) 250 Health
    40 Armor
    4% Move Speed
    Lead the Way
    While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed.
    At max speed:
  • Create a trail that grants allied champions Move Speed equal to 15% of yours.
  • If you are Melee, your next Attack Slows the target by 50% for 1 second.
    • Locket of the Iron Solari
    Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    Devotion
    Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor
    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    98.6% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Randuin's Omen
    Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
    75 Armor
    Resilience
    Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
    Humility
    Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
    100.0% Win Rate100.0% Pick Rate
    Other Items

    Maokai vs Milio: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    Q
    Q
    Bramble Smash Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    W
    W
    Twisted Advance Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Sapling Toss Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Nature's Grasp Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    44.5% Win Rate42.1% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    R
    Q
    Bramble Smash Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    R
    W
    Twisted Advance Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    E
    Sapling Toss Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Nature's Grasp Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    51.9% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate

    Maokai tips:

    • Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
    • Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
    • Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

    Playing Against Milio

    • Milio's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
    • Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Milio.
    • Catching Milio with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

    Maokai Support other Matchups

    Maokai
    +3.9%
    Thresh

    Maokai vs Thresh

    Maokai
    +2.8%
    Pyke

    Maokai vs Pyke

    Maokai
    +2.5%
    Nautilus

    Maokai vs Nautilus

    Maokai
    +1.0%
    Lulu

    Maokai vs Lulu

    Maokai
    -1.1%
    Karma

    Maokai vs Karma

    Maokai
    -1.3%
    Nami

    Maokai vs Nami

    Maokai
    -4.6%
    Braum

    Maokai vs Braum