Yasuo with Maokai
How to Synergize Yasuo and Maokai
based on 10,393 Yasuo with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Maokai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Maokai
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Maokai helps Yasuo perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo plays on the same team as Maokai, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Maokai helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Maokai on the same side, 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.
Additionally, when Yasuo plays with Maokai on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Maokai does a poor job of covering Yasuo in team fights.
Synergies between Yasuo and Maokai
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top companion for Yasuo that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Maokai is a decent ally for Yasuo. By playing on the same team as Yasuo, he improves their win rate by 2.9% to 53.5%. This demonstrates that there is a good strategic relationship between Yasuo and Maokai that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Maokai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Yasuo players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Yasuo and Maokai together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Maokai ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yasuo to synergize with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Yasuo and Maokai synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 53.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.5% win rate overall.
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