Maokai with Diana
How to Synergize Maokai and Diana
based on 5,744 Maokai with Diana pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Diana Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Diana
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Diana
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 Diana Will Play
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
Maokai Diana Synergy Stats
How to Play with Diana as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Diana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Diana, 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 Diana. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Diana helps Maokai perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Diana, he sees a small decrease in his full damage output. This change could signal that Diana doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Diana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Diana.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Diana on the same side, he on average receives less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Diana does a decent job of protecting Maokai in team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Diana
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Diana?
There is no top companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Diana is a very typical companion for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, she decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 51.8%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Maokai and Diana that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Diana has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Diana allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Maokai and Diana together, you will not be granting your side enough AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Diana ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to work well with Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to get in your Maokai and Diana synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Diana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.8% helping carry Diana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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