Maokai with Skarner
How to Synergize Maokai and Skarner
based on 367 Maokai with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Maokai Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Skarner helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai is an ally to Skarner, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Skarner does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Skarner 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 alongside Skarner.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Skarner on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Skarner
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no top champion pairing for Maokai that will always be his top ally. However, Skarner is a below average companion for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 51.5%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Maokai and Skarner that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be very careful when finding Skarner comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, Maokai players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by bringing Maokai and Skarner together, you will not be granting your side enough AD. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Skarner teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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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 pair well with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Maokai and Skarner synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Maokai players 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 rune sets players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
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