Lulu with Maokai
How to Synergize Lulu and Maokai
based on 709 Lulu with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lulu Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Lulu vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lulu and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Lulu with Maokai
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
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.
Lulu Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Lulu in LoL
The Lulu Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lulu sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Maokai helps Lulu perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lulu is paired with Maokai, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Maokai helps provide cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lulu is played alongside Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Additionally, when Lulu plays with Maokai on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Maokai does a poor job of covering Lulu during team fights.
Synergies between Lulu and Maokai
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Is Lulu better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top companion for Lulu that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. Yet, Maokai is a below average companion for Lulu. By playing on the same team as Lulu, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 45.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Lulu and Maokai that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Lulu. That means Lulu players don't need to be cautious when lining up Maokai allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Lulu players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. When paired, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Lulu and Maokai together, you may not be providing your side enough sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Lulu to pair well with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Lulu and Maokai synergy build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Lulu included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Maokai than with most other common builds. In fact, Lulu had an average win rate of 45.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Maokai with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.8% win rate overall.
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