Maokai with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Maokai and Jarvan IV
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Maokai Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Maokai Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 Jarvan IV. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Jarvan IV helps Maokai perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Jarvan IV, he gets a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Jarvan IV doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Jarvan IV. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Jarvan IV.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Jarvan IV does a decent job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Jarvan IV
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Maokai that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Jarvan IV is a very bad companion for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, he drops their win rate by -4.1% to 48.5%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Maokai and Jarvan IV that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Jarvan IV has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be very careful when arranging Jarvan IV comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Maokai players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Maokai and Jarvan IV together, you may not be providing your other allies enough AD. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Jarvan IV ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Maokai and Jarvan IV synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Jarvan IV than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 48.5% helping carry Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you 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 sets players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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