Maokai with K'Sante
How to Synergize Maokai and K'Sante
based on 2,215 Maokai with K'Sante pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai K'Sante Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and K'Sante
Tips for Playing as Maokai with K'Sante
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 K'Sante Will Play
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Maokai K'Sante Synergy Stats
How to Play with K'Sante as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that K'Sante helps Maokai perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is an ally to K'Sante, he sees a little drop in his total damage output. This change may indicate that K'Sante does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with K'Sante on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with K'Sante.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with K'Sante on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that K'Sante does a decent job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and K'Sante
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Is Maokai better when played alongside K'Sante?
There is no top synergy for Maokai that will always be his best ally. However, overall, K'Sante is a below average ally for Maokai. By locking into the same team as Maokai, they lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 50.1%. This demonstrates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Maokai and K'Sante that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
K'Sante has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means you should be cautious when lining up K'Sante 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 do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Maokai players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by grouping Maokai and K'Sante together, you will not be providing your other teammates enough sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your K'Sante ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to synergize with K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Maokai and K'Sante synergy build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with K'Sante than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 50.1% helping carry K'Sante with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Maokai players should use 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 runes players chose for Maokai and K'Sante pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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