Vi with Maokai
How to Synergize Vi and Maokai
based on 3,889 Vi with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vi Maokai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Vi and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Vi with Maokai
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Vi in LoL
The Vi 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, Vi sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Maokai helps Vi perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vi tries to synergize with Maokai, she gets a little increase in her total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Maokai provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Vi is played alongside Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Maokai.
Additionally, when Vi plays with Maokai on the same side, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Maokai does a poor job of covering Vi during teamfights.
Synergies between Vi and Maokai
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Is Vi better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Vi that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Maokai is a great companion for Vi. By locking into the same team as Vi, he raises their win rate by 3.1% to 54.7%. This demonstrates that there is an important strategic relationship between Vi and Maokai that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Vi. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Maokai comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Vi players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by aligning Vi and Maokai together, you will not be granting your team enough AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi to work well with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Vi and Maokai synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Vi bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Maokai than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vi boasted an average winrate of 54.7% helping carry Maokai with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vi and Maokai pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.7% win rate overall.
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