Maokai with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Maokai and Xin Zhao
based on 4,234 Maokai with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao Will Play
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
Maokai Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, 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 Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xin Zhao helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is an ally to Xin Zhao, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This may signal that Xin Zhao doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, he often takes less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Xin Zhao
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no top synergy for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a pretty good teammate for Maokai. By being on the same team as Maokai, he improves their win rate by 1.7% to 54.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Maokai and Xin Zhao that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Xin Zhao allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Maokai players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by aligning Maokai and Xin Zhao together, you may not be granting your side a lot of AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Maokai and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 54.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Maokai players 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 sets we have analyed for Maokai and Xin Zhao pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.3% win rate overall.
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