Poppy with Maokai
How to Synergize Poppy and Maokai
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Poppy Maokai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Poppy with Maokai
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
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.
Poppy Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Poppy in LoL
The Poppy Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Poppy sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Maokai helps Poppy perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Poppy is an ally to Maokai, she observes a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This could signal that Maokai supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played with Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Maokai. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Additionally, when Poppy plays with Maokai on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Maokai does a poor job of protecting Poppy during team fights.
Synergies between Poppy and Maokai
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Is Poppy better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no ideal ally for Poppy that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. Yet, Maokai is a superb ally for Poppy. By being on the same side as Poppy, he raises their win rate by 3.0% to 52.7%. This proves that there is a very strong bond between Poppy and Maokai that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Poppy. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Maokai comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Poppy players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. When paired, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by aligning Poppy and Maokai together, you may not be giving your team enough magic damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Poppy to pair well with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Poppy and Maokai synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Maokai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 52.7% when playing alongside Maokai with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Poppy and Maokai pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.7% winrate overall.
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