Darius with Maokai
How to Synergize Darius and Maokai
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Darius Maokai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Darius with Maokai
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Darius in LoL
The Darius 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, Darius sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Maokai helps Darius perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Darius is an ally to Maokai, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Maokai helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played alongside Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Maokai.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Maokai on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Maokai does a poor job of covering Darius during teamfights.
Synergies between Darius and Maokai
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Is Darius better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Darius that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Maokai is a superb ally for Darius. By being on the same side as Darius, he increases their win rate by 3.7% to 52.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a very strong strategic relationship between Darius and Maokai that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Maokai has a greater difficulty than Darius. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Maokai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by grouping Darius and Maokai together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to pair well with Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to get in your Darius and Maokai synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Darius used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Maokai than with most other common item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 52.9% helping carry Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Darius and Maokai pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Maokai with Darius are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.