Maokai with Gwen
How to Synergize Maokai and Gwen
based on 2,842 Maokai with Gwen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Gwen
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 Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Maokai Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gwen helps Maokai perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Gwen, he sees a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Gwen does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Gwen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gwen.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Gwen on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Gwen does a decent job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Gwen
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no top companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Gwen is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 51.8%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Maokai and Gwen that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gwen has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players must be very careful when enlisting Gwen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by bringing Maokai and Gwen together, you will not be granting your side enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Gwen ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to truly master Maokai to work well with Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to build first in your Maokai and Gwen synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Gwen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating 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 runes we have analyed for Maokai and Gwen pairings, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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