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.
Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
The Maokai Kled synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kled, 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 Kled. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kled helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is an ally to Kled, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Kled does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Kled 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 alongside Kled.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Kled on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kled does a decent job of covering Maokai during team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Maokai that will always be his best ally. However, Kled is a very typical companion for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, he increases their win rate by 0.8% to 53.4%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Maokai and Kled that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Kled has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Kled allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Maokai players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Combined, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by grouping Maokai and Kled together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Kled ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Maokai to work well with Kled during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to build first in your Maokai and Kled synergy build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Kled than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 53.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kled with this build.
To have the highest likelihood 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Maokai and Kled pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.4% win rate overall.
If you want to see Maokai with Kled cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all matches with data with both champs.