Draven with Maokai
How to Synergize Draven and Maokai
based on 5,228 Draven with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Draven Maokai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Draven with Maokai
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Understand How Maokai Will Play
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Draven Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Draven in LoL
The Draven Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Maokai helps Draven perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Draven plays on the same team as Maokai, he sees a little increase in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Maokai supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played alongside Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Maokai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Maokai.
Moreover, when Draven plays with Maokai on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Maokai does a decent job of covering Draven in team fights.
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Is Draven better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top companion for Draven that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Maokai is a decent teammate for Draven. By playing on the same team as Draven, he increases their win rate by 1.8% to 51.5%. This proves that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Draven and Maokai that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Draven. That means Draven players don't need to be cautious when lining up Maokai teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, Draven players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by grouping Draven and Maokai together, you may not be granting your other teammates very much magic damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Maokai teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to synergize with Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Draven and Maokai synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Draven bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Maokai than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 51.5% helping carry Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Draven and Maokai pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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