Maokai with Draven
How to Synergize Maokai and Draven
based on 5,228 Maokai with Draven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Draven Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Draven
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Draven
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.
Advice to Understand How Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Maokai Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Maokai sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Draven. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Draven helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai is an ally to Draven, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Draven does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Draven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Draven.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Draven on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Draven does a decent job of protecting Maokai in team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Draven
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Draven?
There is no perfect companion for Maokai that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Draven is a below average ally for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 51.5%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Maokai and Draven that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Draven has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means you should be very careful when lining up Draven comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Combined, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by bringing Maokai and Draven together, you may not be granting your other allies a lot of AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Draven ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to work well with Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Maokai and Draven synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Draven than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Draven with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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