Maokai with Evelynn
How to Synergize Maokai and Evelynn
based on 3,441 Maokai with Evelynn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Evelynn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Evelynn
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 Evelynn Will Play
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
Maokai Evelynn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Evelynn as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Evelynn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Evelynn, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Evelynn. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Evelynn helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Evelynn, he sees a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Evelynn does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Evelynn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Evelynn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Evelynn.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Evelynn on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Evelynn does a decent job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Evelynn
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Evelynn?
There is no perfect companion for Maokai that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Evelynn is a very typical companion for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -0.4% to 52.2%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Maokai and Evelynn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Evelynn has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players should be very careful when arranging Evelynn allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Maokai and Evelynn together, you will not be giving your side very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Evelynn ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to work well with Evelynn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Maokai and Evelynn synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Evelynn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 52.2% when playing alongside Evelynn with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.
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