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How to Synergize Maokai with Ezreal on the Same TeamMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai with Ezreal

How to Win With Maokai and Ezreal Paired TogetherMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Maokai and Ezreal

based on 8,952 Maokai with Ezreal pairs
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.54
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Maokai has fought alongside Ezreal in 8952 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Maokai synergize with Ezreal. It is somewhat uncommon for Maokai to play alongside Ezreal on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 5.8% of matches with Maokai.

Maokai Ezreal Synergy Summary

Maokai has done a average job of teaming up with Ezreal. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.8% of rounds the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Maokai when playing with Ezreal by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Maokai vs Ezreal Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateFrozen HeartSpirit VisageTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
Ability HasteMove SpeedHealth
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Maokai with Ezreal

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 Ezreal Will Play

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

Maokai Ezreal Synergy Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Ezreal Image
2.9
< Kills >
2.8
5.9
< Deaths >
5.7
12.1
< Assists >
12.7
0.6
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
50
< Minions Killed >
49
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,666
< Physical Damage >
1,699
11,343
< Magic Damage >
11,261
1,014
< True Damage >
999
14,024
< Damage Dealt >
13,959
29,543
< Damage Taken >
29,119
9,333
< Gold Earned >
9,339
1.44
< Towers >
1.49
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
9,398
< Total Healing >
9,384
11,362
< Experience >
11,446
47
< Vision Score >
46
19
< Wards Placed >
19
435
< Time Dealing CC >
427

How to Play with Ezreal as Maokai in LoL

The Maokai Ezreal synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ezreal, 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 Ezreal. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Ezreal helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Maokai tries to synergize with Ezreal, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Ezreal supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Ezreal on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ezreal.

Additionally, when Maokai plays with Ezreal on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Ezreal does a poor job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.

Synergies between Maokai and Ezreal

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Ezreal
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Maokai
Ezreal

Is Maokai better when played alongside Ezreal?

There is no one best companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Ezreal is a not very good teammate for Maokai. By playing on the same side as Maokai, he drops their win rate by -2.8% to 49.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Maokai and Ezreal that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Ezreal has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players need to be cautious when arranging Ezreal comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Maokai and Ezreal together, you will not be giving your team very much utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Ezreal ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai Ezreal Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Maokai and Ezreal, we analyzed 8,952 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 Maokai with Ezreal 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 learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to synergize with Ezreal during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Maokai and Ezreal synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ezreal than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 49.8% helping carry Ezreal with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Ezreal with Maokai are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.