Maokai with Xayah
How to Synergize Maokai and Xayah
based on 2,029 Maokai with Xayah pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Xayah Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Xayah
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Xayah
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 Xayah Will Play
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Maokai Xayah Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xayah as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xayah helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Xayah, he gets a small decrease in his full damage output. This change could signal that Xayah does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Xayah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xayah.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Xayah on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Xayah does a decent job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Xayah
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Xayah?
There is no ideal ally for Maokai that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Xayah is a below average teammate for Maokai. By being on the same team as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -2.8% to 49.8%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Maokai and Xayah that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Xayah has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Xayah comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Maokai players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Maokai and Xayah together, you will not be providing your other allies very much magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Xayah ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to pair well with Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Maokai and Xayah synergy build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Celestial Opposition. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Xayah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing alongside Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai and Xayah pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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