Maokai with Yasuo
How to Synergize Maokai and Yasuo
based on 10,393 Maokai with Yasuo pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Yasuo Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Yasuo
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 Yasuo Will Play
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Maokai Yasuo Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yasuo as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Yasuo helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Yasuo, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Yasuo helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Yasuo on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Yasuo.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Yasuo on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Yasuo does a decent job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Yasuo
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Yasuo?
There is no one best ally for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Yasuo is a very typical companion for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 53.5%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Maokai and Yasuo that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Yasuo has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means you must be very careful when lining up Yasuo comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Maokai players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Maokai and Yasuo together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Yasuo teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Maokai and Yasuo synergy build include Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Force of Nature. When Maokai used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Yasuo than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 53.5% when playing alongside Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Maokai and Yasuo pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.5% win rate overall.
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