Support Matchup

Maokai vs Thresh

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Maokai

Maokai

the Twisted Treant
Support
Maokai Support Overall Win Rate
51.42%

Matchup Win Rate

51.0%
Maokai vs Thresh Wins
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49.0%
Thresh vs Maokai Wins
Thresh

Thresh

the Chain Warden
Support
Thresh Support Overall Win Rate
50.66%

Maokai vs Thresh - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Maokai Support vs Thresh Support - Who is stronger?

Maokai Support has a slight edge over Thresh (51.0% win rate) based on 713 games. The matchup slightly favors Maokai.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Maokai Support vs Thresh Support in patch 15.15 (25.15), 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 (1.5% pick rate, 35th place out of 51 Support champions), Thresh dominates the current meta support with 13.4% popularity. Mastering this matchup is crucial for Maokai players - you'll face Thresh in the majority of your games. Optimize for consistency: Aftershock paired with Font of Life (58.0% win rate, 65.6% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Trailblazer > Thornmail > Unending Despair with Boots of Swiftness delivers 70%+ win rate against Thresh.

Lane wins, vision lags: While winning the matchup (51.01%), Maokai trails in vision control (0.82 vs 0.85 wards/min). Better map coverage could unlock even greater team advantages. Complete superiority: Maokai dominates both win rate (51.0%) and damage output (446 vs 361/min, 2nd among Support). The 85 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Intriguing anomaly: Maokai wins the matchup (51.0%) despite a lower KDA (2.40 vs 2.70). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Maokai vs Thresh - Support Stats Comparison

Maokai Support
Maokai Support		Versus
Thresh Support
Thresh Support
ATierS
51.0%Matchup Winrate49.0%
51.42%Role Winrate50.66%
#10Winrate Rank#14
1.5%Pickrate13.4%
2.4Average KDA2.7
287Gold per Minute302
0.82Wards per Minute0.85
446Damage per Minute361

How to Beat Thresh as Maokai (Support)

While statistically Maokai is slightly stronger than Thresh as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. 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, Thresh deals primarily magic damage (75.18%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Thresh, ranking 34th (versus 43rd for Maokai) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.7 versus 2.4) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Maokai Support versus Thresh Support matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Maokai player to maintain constant pressure on Thresh, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Maokai vs Thresh: 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.
53.2% Win Rate75.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
55.0% Win Rate16.0% Pick Rate

Maokai vs Thresh: 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

58.0% Win Rate65.6% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate 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

58.0% Win Rate65.6% Pick Rate

Maokai vs Thresh: 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.
51.7% Win Rate80.2% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
56.5% Win Rate55.1% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
56.0% Win Rate18.3% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
45.0% Win Rate10.2% Pick Rate
Core Build
Winged Moonplate
Winged Moonplate (800 gold) 200 Health
4% Move Speed
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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.
    59.0% Win Rate8.9% Pick Rate
    Final Build

    Best Win Rate 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.
    Control Ward
    Control Ward (75 gold) Consume
    Places a Control Ward that grants vision and reveals enemy Stealth Wards, traps and Camouflaged enemies.
    World Atlas
    World Atlas (400 gold)
    84.1% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    56.5% Win Rate55.1% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    56.0% Win Rate18.3% Pick Rate
    Symbiotic Soles
    Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
    Voidborn
    Gain Empowered Recall.
    Symbiosis
    After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
    49.7% Win Rate1.9% 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.
    • 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.
    Unending Despair
    Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    Anguish
    Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
    100.0% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Other Items

    Maokai vs Thresh: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Bramble Smash Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
    Q
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    W
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    Twisted Advance Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
    W
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    E
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    Sapling Toss Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
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    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
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    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    52.4% Win Rate38.9% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
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    Bramble Smash Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
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    Twisted Advance Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
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    Sapling Toss Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
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    Nature's Grasp Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
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    Max Order: Q > W > E
    59.7% Win Rate22.1% 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 Thresh

    • Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
    • Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
    • Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.

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