La pasiva de Maokai lo hace muy resistente contra hechizos concentrados sobre él, siempre que pueda usar ataques básicos contra algo.
Busca oportunidades de flanqueo u otras situaciones en las que Garras de la naturaleza sea inevitable o pille a los enemigos por sorpresa.
Puedes lanzar pimpollos a la maleza para lograr un mayor efecto, aunque no se acumulan bien.
Distorsión temporal es un modo eficaz de permitir que los aliados rematen a los enemigos o que escapen de una batalla perdida.
Alteración del tiempo es un potente elemento disuasorio de los ataques a tus mejores aliados, pero si lo lanzas demasiado pronto en un combate puedes hacer que el enemigo cambie su objetivo y que pierda eficacia.
Puedes combinar Bomba de relojería con Retroceder para colocar rápidamente dos bombas de relojería en un objetivo. Colocar la segunda bomba hará detonar la primera y aturdirá a todos los enemigos cercanos.
The Maokai Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Maokai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zilean helps Maokai perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Zilean, he gets a massive increase in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Zilean supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zilean.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Zilean on the same side, he typically takes much more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Maokai during team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Maokai that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Zilean is a very typical ally for Maokai. By being on the same team as Maokai, he improves their win rate by 0.2% to 52.8%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Maokai and Zilean that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you must be very careful when finding Zilean allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by aligning Maokai and Zilean together, you will not be giving your other allies enough AD. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to work well with Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Maokai and Zilean synergy build include Marcasendas, Medallón de los Solari de Hierro, and Trineo del solsticio. When Maokai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 52.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zilean with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Maokai players should equip the Reverberacción, Fuente de vida, Condicionamiento, Sobrecrecimiento, Leyenda: Tenacidad, and Triunfo runes from the Valor and Precisión rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Zilean with Maokai are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.