Maokai with Lulu
How to Synergize Maokai and Lulu
based on 709 Maokai with Lulu pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Lulu Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Lulu
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Lulu
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 Lulu Will Play
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
Maokai Lulu Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lulu as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Lulu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lulu, 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 Lulu. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Lulu helps Maokai perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Lulu, he gets a great improvement in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Lulu helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Lulu 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 with Lulu.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Lulu on the same side, he on average receives much more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Lulu does a poor job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Lulu
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Lulu?
There is no ideal companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Lulu is a terrible teammate for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -6.8% to 45.8%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Maokai and Lulu that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Lulu has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be very careful when finding Lulu allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, Maokai players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Maokai and Lulu together, you will not be giving your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Lulu 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 should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Maokai to pair well with Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Maokai and Lulu synergy build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Lulu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 45.8% helping carry Lulu with this build.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Maokai and Lulu pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.8% winrate overall.
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