Taric with Maokai
How to Synergize Taric and Maokai
based on 431 Taric with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Taric Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Taric vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Taric and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Taric with Maokai
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Taric in LoL
The Taric 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, Taric 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 fall shows that Maokai helps Taric perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Taric is an ally to Maokai, he observes a great improvement in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Maokai supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Taric is played together with Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Maokai.
Moreover, when Taric plays with Maokai on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Maokai does a poor job of protecting Taric during teamfights.
Synergies between Taric and Maokai
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Is Taric better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no perfect companion for Taric that will always be his best teammate. However, Maokai is a very typical companion for Taric. By locking into the same team as Taric, he lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 52.0%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Taric and Maokai that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Taric. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Maokai teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, Taric players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by pairing Taric and Maokai together, you may not be granting your other allies a lot of attack damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 truly master Taric to synergize with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Taric and Maokai synergy build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Maokai than with most other common builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.
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