Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
The Tryndamere 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, Tryndamere sees a large worsening 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 Tryndamere perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Tryndamere tries to synergize with Maokai, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Maokai provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tryndamere is played together with Maokai 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 alongside Maokai.
Moreover, when Tryndamere plays with Maokai on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Maokai does a decent job of protecting Tryndamere during team fights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Tryndamere that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Maokai is a decent ally for Tryndamere. By locking into the same side as Tryndamere, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 51.4%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Tryndamere and Maokai that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Tryndamere. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Maokai teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Tryndamere players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Tryndamere and Maokai together, you will not be providing your side much magical damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere in order to pair well with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Tryndamere and Maokai synergy build include Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Tryndamere incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tryndamere boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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