Maokai with Zyra
How to Synergize Maokai and Zyra
based on 2,078 Maokai with Zyra pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Zyra Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Zyra
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Zyra
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 Zyra Will Play
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
Maokai Zyra Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zyra as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zyra helps Maokai perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Zyra, he observes a big jump in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zyra helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Zyra on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zyra.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Zyra on the same side, he typically receives much more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Zyra does a poor job of covering Maokai during team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Zyra
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Zyra?
There is no one best ally for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Zyra is a pretty good ally for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, she improves their win rate by 1.1% to 53.7%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Maokai and Zyra that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Zyra has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players must be cautious when finding Zyra allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working together, Maokai players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Maokai and Zyra together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much attack damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Zyra ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to work well with Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Maokai and Zyra synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Zyra than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 53.7% helping carry Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Maokai and Zyra pairings, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.
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