Maokai with Naafiri
How to Synergize Maokai and Naafiri
based on 2,082 Maokai with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Naafiri
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 Naafiri Will Play
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Maokai Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Naafiri helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai is an ally to Naafiri, he gets a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Naafiri does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Naafiri on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Maokai in team fights.
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no ideal ally for Maokai that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a relatively poor ally for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, they lowers their win rate by -2.1% to 50.5%. This signals that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Maokai and Naafiri that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Naafiri teammates to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, Maokai players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Maokai and Naafiri together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Naafiri ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to pair well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Maokai and Naafiri synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against 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 rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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