Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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 Udyr 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, Udyr sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Maokai helps Udyr perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Udyr tries to synergize with Maokai, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Maokai provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Udyr is played together with Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Maokai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Maokai.
Additionally, when Udyr plays with Maokai on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Maokai does a decent job of covering Udyr in team fights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Udyr that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Maokai is a decent ally for Udyr. By locking into the same side as Udyr, he improves their win rate by 2.3% to 52.1%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Udyr and Maokai that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Udyr. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Maokai teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Udyr and Maokai together, you may not be giving your other allies enough magical damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Udyr in order to pair well with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to use in your Udyr and Maokai synergy build include Frozen Heart, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Udyr included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Maokai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Udyr had an average winrate of 52.1% when playing alongside Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Udyr and Maokai pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.
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