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.
The Maokai Seraphine synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Seraphine, 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 Seraphine. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Seraphine helps Maokai perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Seraphine, he sees a sizeable uptick in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Seraphine supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Seraphine on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Seraphine.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Seraphine on the same team, he on average takes more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Seraphine does a poor job of covering Maokai during team fights.
There is no one best synergy for Maokai that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, overall, Seraphine is a pretty good teammate for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, she improves their win rate by 1.3% to 53.9%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Maokai and Seraphine that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Seraphine has a much lower diffuclty than Maokai. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Seraphine comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, Maokai players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by aligning Maokai and Seraphine together, you will not be granting your team enough attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Seraphine teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Maokai to work well with Seraphine during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Maokai and Seraphine synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Seraphine than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 53.9% when playing alongside Seraphine with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Seraphine with Maokai are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.