Maokai with Yuumi
How to Synergize Maokai and Yuumi
based on 938 Maokai with Yuumi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Yuumi Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Yuumi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Yuumi
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Yuumi
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.
Maokai Yuumi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yuumi as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Yuumi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yuumi, 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 Yuumi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Yuumi helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Yuumi, he sees a clear improvement in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Yuumi supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Yuumi on the same team, 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 Yuumi.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Yuumi on the same team, he typically takes much more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Yuumi does a poor job of protecting Maokai in teamfights.
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Yuumi?
There is no perfect companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Yuumi is a very bad ally for Maokai. By playing on the same side as Maokai, she decreases their win rate by -8.9% to 43.7%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Maokai and Yuumi that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Yuumi has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players don't need to be cautious when arranging Yuumi teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by aligning Maokai and Yuumi together, you probably will not be giving your other allies much AD. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Yuumi ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to work well with Yuumi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to get in your Maokai and Yuumi synergy build consist of Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Yuumi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 43.7% when playing alongside Yuumi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating 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 runes we have analyed for Maokai and Yuumi pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.7% win rate overall.
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