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How to Synergize Irelia with Maokai on the Same TeamIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia with Maokai

How to Win With Irelia and Maokai Paired TogetherIrelia is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Irelia and Maokai

based on 3,958 Irelia with Maokai pairs
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Irelia has gone into battle with Maokai in 3958 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Irelia synergize with Maokai. It is relatively rare for Irelia to play alongside Maokai on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 3.9% of games with Irelia.

Irelia Maokai Synergy Summary

Irelia does a good job of fighting on the same side as Maokai. On average, she wins an epic 52.8% of the time the champs play on the same team. If you want to play better as Irelia when playing alongside Maokai by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Irelia vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeRecurve Bow

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageTerminusSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Maokai

Tips for Playing as Irelia with Maokai

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

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.

Irelia Maokai Synergy Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Maokai Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
7
5.1
< Assists >
5
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
207
< Minions Killed >
206
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,505
< Physical Damage >
16,208
6,189
< Magic Damage >
6,139
749
< True Damage >
751
23,444
< Damage Dealt >
23,099
31,447
< Damage Taken >
31,302
13,019
< Gold Earned >
12,894
2.38
< Towers >
2.3
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,976
< Total Healing >
10,768
15,078
< Experience >
15,027
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
113
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Play with Maokai as Irelia in LoL

The Irelia 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, Irelia 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 fall shows that Maokai helps Irelia perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Irelia tries to synergize with Maokai, she gets a small increase in her total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Maokai supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played together with Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Maokai.

Moreover, when Irelia plays with Maokai on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Maokai does a poor job of protecting Irelia in team fights.

Synergies between Irelia and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Irelia
Maokai

Is Irelia better when played alongside Maokai?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Irelia that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. However, Maokai is a great companion for Irelia. By playing on the same team as Irelia, he improves their win rate by 3.0% to 52.8%. This shows that there is a strong bond between Irelia and Maokai that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Maokai has a lower difficulty than Irelia. That means Irelia players don't need to be careful when finding Maokai comrades to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing together, Irelia players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Conversely, by pairing Irelia and Maokai together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Maokai ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia Maokai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Irelia and Maokai, we analyzed 3,958 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 Irelia 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

To truly master Irelia to synergize with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to build first in your Irelia and Maokai synergy build include Ravenous Hydra, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Maokai than with most other common builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 52.8% when playing alongside Maokai with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.

If you want to get Irelia with Maokai cooperations tips and builds for a an individual division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are calculated using every match with data with these champions.