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Trivia[]
- During his Art Spotlight, a tab for Template:Ci can faintly be seen at the top.
- Later during the Art Spotlight, a tab is seen titled "blindmonk", which refers to Template:Ci.
- Maokai was designed by Volty.
- Maokai is an anagram for "I Am Oak".
- Maokai was named after an artist at Riot whose real name is Maokai.[1]
- Maokai's look, sounds, and attitude can be linked to the Ents in Template:W saga.
- Maokai is the first champion to be "born" on the Fields of Justice.
- Although design-wise there is no clue that Maokai is an Oriental character like Template:Ci. His name follows the Mandarin Template:W scheme like Template:Ci (while Template:Ci name is of different scheme). The official Chinese vendor translates his name as 茂凯 which literally means "lush (vegetation)-triumphant".
- The rune spiral that is on Maokais' ult is the same rune that is attached to Template:Ci chest.
- His /dance is a reference to the Harlem Globetrotters.
- Maokai shares a place with Template:Ci in having the highest base armor of any champion at level 18 (90 armor).
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- Totemic Maokai is based on a Template:W, which is an animal or other natural figure that spiritually represents a group of related people such as a clan.
- Festive Maokai was only available during the Snowdown Showdown of 2011.
- Festive Maokai is based on the Template:W.
- Haunted Maokai was only avaliable during the Harrowing of 2012.
- Haunted Maokai resembles of Template:W.
- Haunted Maokai and Template:Csi are the first skins that have animation on respawn.
Relations[]
- Maokai is a tree from the Twisted Treeline that has become animated. He despises the existence that was thrust upon him as he felt it was a corruption of nature and so fights as a soldier of nature.
- Maokai despises humans and their chaotic use of magic.
- Although Maokai and Template:Ci have different attitudes regarding their being brought to life, Malphite stated that he is "...proud to call the Twisted Treant my ally", suggesting that these two elemental champions get along quite well despite their differences.
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