Maokai vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Maokai
based on 3,427 Maokai vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Syndra
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.
Advice to Win Against Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Maokai vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Maokai against Syndra matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Syndra. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Syndra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Syndra
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Who is Better, Maokai or Syndra?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Syndra, with a 56.4% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Syndra.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate than Syndra, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Syndra.
Furthermore, Maokai has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Syndra matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter to Syndra. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often gets a lot less CS relative to Syndra. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Maokai versus Syndra build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Syndra than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 56.4% when countering Syndra with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Syndra as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Maokai vs Syndra fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Syndra as Maokai are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.