Gwen with Maokai
How to Synergize Gwen and Maokai
based on 2,842 Gwen with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Maokai
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen 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, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Maokai helps Gwen perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gwen tries to synergize with Maokai, she observes a little increase in her total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Maokai provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played together with Maokai on the same side, 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 Gwen plays with Maokai on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Maokai does a poor job of covering Gwen in teamfights.
Synergies between Gwen and Maokai
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no one best synergy for Gwen that will no matter what be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Maokai is a superb teammate for Gwen. By being on the same side as Gwen, he increases their win rate by 3.7% to 51.8%. This demonstrates that there is a very strong bond between Gwen and Maokai that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Gwen. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Maokai allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, Gwen players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Gwen and Maokai together, you may not be granting your side enough attack damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to synergize with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Gwen and Maokai synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Maokai than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 51.8% helping carry Maokai with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Gwen and Maokai pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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