mao has always been beast just counter the enemy team go tanky ap or if really needed go full tank but in tt he seems so much better with some dmg

I've gotten to try him out a bit last night but I seem to be really struggling early game. Especially with mana in jungling. By the time I clear all 3 camps, I'm oom and useless for ganking so I have to go back. By the time I'm out on the field again it's tempting to just go clear jungle again. Rinse repeat. Is that something I should just break myself of and instead of hitting the route again, go gank?

Could also be an issue with my starting items. Since I've played the new TT I've not been quite sure what to spend my 825 on. I've defaulted to boots and Ruby Crystal for a bit of health and to be able to build towards Catalyst. Should I just spend the 800 on Philo Stone to start off?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhsh!

I say he's tier 5/doesn't fit well in a team comp.

;-)

No. does not do enough dmg to play in high elo matches.

I heard RoA triforce mao does tonsofdamage...and prevents 20%