Viktor with Maokai
How to Synergize Viktor and Maokai
based on 2,210 Viktor with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Maokai
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor 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 negative change shows that Maokai helps Viktor perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Viktor plays on the same team as Maokai, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Maokai helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played alongside Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Maokai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Maokai.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Maokai on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Maokai does a decent job of covering Viktor during teamfights.
Synergies between Viktor and Maokai
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no one best champion pairing for Viktor that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, overall, Maokai is a top-tier ally for Viktor. By locking into the same team as Viktor, he raises their win rate by 3.7% to 53.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a very strong bond between Viktor and Maokai that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means Viktor players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Maokai allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Viktor and Maokai together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to synergize with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Viktor and Maokai synergy build include Lich Bane, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Maokai than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 53.9% when playing alongside Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Viktor players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.9% win rate overall.
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