Maokai with Darius
How to Synergize Maokai and Darius
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Maokai Darius Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Darius
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Darius
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.
Advice to Understand How Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Maokai Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 Darius. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Darius helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is paired with Darius, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that Darius does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Darius on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Darius. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Darius.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Darius on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Darius does a decent job of protecting Maokai in team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Darius
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Darius?
There is no one best companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Darius is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 52.9%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Maokai and Darius that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Darius has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Darius allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Maokai and Darius together, you may not be granting your team very much AP. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Darius ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai to synergize with Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to use in your Maokai and Darius synergy build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Darius than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.9% when playing alongside Darius with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.9% winrate overall.
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