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Annie with Maokai

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How to Synergize Annie and Maokai

based on 2,250 Annie with Maokai pairs
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Annie has fought alongside Maokai in 2250 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data from the hosts of League, we feel confident that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Annie synergize with Maokai. It is relatively rare for Annie to play with Maokai on the same side. This pairing has only happened in approx. 3.6% of games with Annie.

Annie Maokai Synergy Summary

Annie has done a good job of teaming up with Maokai. On average, she wins a terrific 52.7% of matches the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Annie when playing alongside Maokai by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Annie vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceStormsurge

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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Second ability for Annie to level upw
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Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Maokai

Tips for Playing as Annie with Maokai

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

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.

Annie Maokai Synergy Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
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7.1
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
8.1
< Assists >
8.1
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
148
< Minions Killed >
137
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.43
932
< Physical Damage >
885
21,536
< Magic Damage >
20,558
1,306
< True Damage >
1,243
23,776
< Damage Dealt >
22,687
18,565
< Damage Taken >
18,233
11,337
< Gold Earned >
10,970
1.92
< Towers >
1.77
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,771
< Total Healing >
1,673
14,125
< Experience >
13,685
19
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
10
242
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Play with Maokai as Annie in LoL

The Annie 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, Annie sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Maokai helps Annie perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Annie tries to synergize with Maokai, she sees a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This may indicate that Maokai provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played alongside Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.

Additionally, when Annie plays with Maokai on the same team, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Maokai does a poor job of protecting Annie in team fights.

Synergies between Annie and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Annie
Maokai

Is Annie better when played alongside Maokai?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Annie that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. Yet, overall, Maokai is a superb teammate for Annie. By playing on the same team as Annie, he increases their win rate by 3.4% to 52.7%. This signals that there is a very strong bond between Annie and Maokai that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Annie. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Maokai teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing cooperatively, Annie players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Annie and Maokai together, you may not be giving your side very much attack damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Maokai ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie Maokai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Annie and Maokai, we analyzed 2,250 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Annie with Maokai comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Annie in order to work well with Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to use in your Annie and Maokai synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Maokai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 52.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Maokai with this build.

To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.7% win rate overall.

If you need to see Annie with Maokai synergy tips and stats for a an individual rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using every round run with both champs.