Maokai with Orianna
How to Synergize Maokai and Orianna
based on 2,148 Maokai with Orianna pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Orianna Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Orianna
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Orianna
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 Orianna Will Play
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Maokai Orianna Synergy Stats
How to Play with Orianna as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Orianna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Orianna, 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 Orianna. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Orianna helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is paired with Orianna, he observes a small increase in his total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Orianna provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Orianna on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Orianna.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Orianna on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Orianna does a decent job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Orianna
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Orianna?
There is no top champion pairing for Maokai that will always be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Orianna is a below average ally for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -1.6% to 51.0%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Maokai and Orianna that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Orianna has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players must be very careful when arranging Orianna allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Maokai and Orianna together, you will not be providing your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Orianna ally, you need to focus on increasing 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 synergize with Orianna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Maokai and Orianna synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Orianna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Orianna with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
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