Blitzcrank with Maokai
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Maokai
based on 1,517 Blitzcrank with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Maokai
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank 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, Blitzcrank 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 negative change shows that Maokai helps Blitzcrank perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Blitzcrank is an ally to Maokai, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Maokai helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played together with 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 with Maokai.
Additionally, when Blitzcrank plays with Maokai on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Maokai does a poor job of covering Blitzcrank during team fights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Maokai
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no ideal companion for Blitzcrank that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Maokai is a very typical companion for Blitzcrank. By locking into the same team as Blitzcrank, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 52.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Blitzcrank and Maokai that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players don't need to be cautious when finding Maokai comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, Blitzcrank players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by aligning Blitzcrank and Maokai together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of AD. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down 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 truly master Blitzcrank to work well with Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Blitzcrank and Maokai synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Maokai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 52.3% helping carry Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Blitzcrank and Maokai pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Maokai with Blitzcrank are presented for every ranked division. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.