Maokai's basic attack also heals him and deals additional damage on a moderate cooldown. Each time Maokai casts a spell or is struck by an enemy's spell, this cooldown is reduced.
QBramble Smash7/6.5/6/5.5/5s40
Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
WTwisted Advance14/13/12/11/10s60
Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
ESapling Toss18/17/16/15/14s60/65/70/75/80
Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
RNature's Grasp130/110/90s100
Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
Health ratio increased to 2.5 to 4.5% of target's maximum health from 2 to 4%.Buff
26.15· Jul 29, 2026Buffed
Bramble Smash
Bonus monster damage increased to 150 to 190 from 140 to 180.Buff
AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 40% AP.Buff
26.4
· Feb 19, 2026
Buffed
Bramble Smash
Bonus monster damage increased to 140 to 180 from 120 to 160.Buff
26.3· Feb 4, 2026Buffed
Bramble Smash
Base damage increased to 75 to 255 from 65 to 245.Buff
14.22
Stats
Base health increased to 665 from 635.
Movement speed increased to 335 from 330.
Sapling Toss
Sapling base movement speed increased to 400 to 460 from 400 at all levels.
Removed: Sapling movement speed is no longer increased by the movement speed gained via Maokai's innate Boots movement speed (60 maximum bonus possible).
Bug Fix: Weighting has been adjusted on his chin to avoid a weird texture break.
8.2
Twisted Advance
New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
8.1
Twisted Advance
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where chaining certain dashes together would cause the second dash to last for the same duration as the first. This is why Twisted Advance took so long to reach a target after exiting Abyssal Voyage.
7.24
Bramble Smash
Base damage reduced to 65 from 70.
7.22
Stats
New: Now has +15% bonus attack speed at level 1.
Base armor increased to 39 from 30.
7.17
Sap Magic
Removed: Healing procing when attacking a ward.
7.16
Sapling Toss
Target's maximum health ratio reduced to 6% of target's maximum health from 8% at all ranks.
7.14
Twisted Advance
Changed several interactions where it overwrotes any spell queuing commands, instead forcing the caster to immediately begin basic-attacking once the ability completed.
7.13
Stats
Base health increased to 565 from 540.
Nature's Grasp
Range increased to 3000 from 2500.
Cooldown reduced to 120 seconds from 120.
16 to 12
seconds from 14 at all ranks.
Mana cost changed to 60 to 80 from 45 to 85.
Nature's Grasp
Cooldown changed to 130 to 90 seconds from 120 to 100.
Slow AP ratio reduced to 1% per 100 AP from 4% per 100 AP.
Slow health ratio increased to 1% per 100 bonus health from 0.9% per bonus health.
.
Nature's Grasp
Bug Fix: Width of primary missiles reverted to 240 from 170.
Width of secondary missiles is still reduced.
maximum
health
, capped at 9999 against non-champions.
New Effect: Now deals 40 to 120bonus damage against monsters.
Sapling Toss
Removed: No longer deals bonus damage equal to 7 to 8% (+ 0.7% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health.
Against non-champions, total damage is no longer capped at 300, increased to 600 for the empowered version.
Base damage increased to 55 to 155 from 20 to 120.
Empowered base damage increased to 110 to 310 from 40 to 240.
New Effect: Damage now scales with 42.5% AP, increased to 85% AP if placed in a brush.
New Effect: Damage now scales with 6% of his bonus health, increased to 12% if placed in a brush.
Removed: No longer applies empowered effects against minions if placed in a brush.
Mana cost reduced to 45 to 85 from 60 to 100.
Slow increased to 45% from 35%.
New Effect: Slow is now increased by 2% per 100 AP and 0.6% per 100 bonus health if placed in a brush.
Nature's Grasp
Missile speed increased to 100;400;700;750 from 50;300;550;650.
New Effect: Now grants him 40 to 60% bonus movement speed that decays over 2 seconds whenever an enemy champion is hit.
Undocumented / Bug: Missile width reduced to 170 from 240.