Maokai with Thresh
How to Synergize Maokai and Thresh
based on 1,586 Maokai with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Thresh Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Maokai Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Thresh helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Thresh, he gets a very large increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Thresh helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Thresh on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Thresh.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Thresh on the same team, he usually receives much more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Thresh does a poor job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Thresh
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no top ally for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Thresh is a very bad teammate for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, he decreases their win rate by -6.1% to 46.5%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad bond between Maokai and Thresh that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Thresh has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players must be cautious when lining up Thresh allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by aligning Maokai and Thresh together, you may not be providing your other allies a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Thresh ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to synergize with Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Maokai and Thresh synergy build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Maokai included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Thresh than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when playing alongside Thresh with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Maokai and Thresh pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
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