Maokai with Olaf
How to Synergize Maokai and Olaf
based on 1,259 Maokai with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Maokai Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Olaf helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is an ally to Olaf, he sees a moderate decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Olaf does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Olaf on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Olaf.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Olaf on the same team, he typically takes less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Olaf does a decent job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Olaf
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no top synergy for Maokai that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Olaf is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 51.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Maokai and Olaf that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players don't need to be very careful when arranging Olaf comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Maokai and Olaf together, you will not be granting your side enough magic damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Olaf teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Maokai and Olaf synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Olaf than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 51.9% helping carry Olaf with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should equip 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 we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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