Wukong with Maokai
How to Synergize Wukong and Maokai
based on 1,382 Wukong with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Wukong Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Wukong vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Wukong and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Wukong with Maokai
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Advice to Understand How Maokai Will Play
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.
Wukong Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Wukong in LoL
The Wukong Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Wukong sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Maokai helps Wukong perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Wukong plays on the same team as Maokai, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Maokai supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Wukong is played together with Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Maokai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Additionally, when Wukong plays with Maokai on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Maokai does a decent job of covering Wukong in teamfights.
Synergies between Wukong and Maokai
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Is Wukong better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no one best champion pairing for Wukong that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Maokai is a fantastic ally for Wukong. By locking into the same side as Wukong, he increases their win rate by 3.3% to 52.7%. This proves that there is a strong bond between Wukong and Maokai that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Wukong. That means Wukong players don't need to be very careful when arranging Maokai teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by grouping Wukong and Maokai together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing 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 learn all of the intricacies of Wukong in order to synergize with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Wukong and Maokai synergy build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Maokai than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Wukong boasted an average win rate of 52.7% when playing alongside Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.
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