Maokai with Master Yi
How to Synergize Maokai and Master Yi
based on 6,604 Maokai with Master Yi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Master Yi Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Master Yi
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 Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Maokai Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Master Yi helps Maokai perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Master Yi, he sees a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Master Yi does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Master Yi 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 Master Yi.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Master Yi on the same team, he on average takes less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Master Yi does a decent job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Master Yi
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Maokai that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Master Yi is a decent ally for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, he improves their win rate by 1.9% to 54.5%. This proves that there is pretty good bond between Maokai and Master Yi that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Master Yi has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players must be very careful when enlisting Master Yi comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Maokai and Master Yi together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of magic damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Master Yi teammate, you should focus on maximizing your 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to work well with Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Maokai and Master Yi synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Master Yi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 54.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Master Yi with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.5% win rate overall.
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