Maokai with Gragas
How to Synergize Maokai and Gragas
based on 2,244 Maokai with Gragas pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Gragas Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Gragas
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Gragas
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 Gragas Will Play
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
Maokai Gragas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gragas as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, 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 Gragas. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gragas helps Maokai perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai is an ally to Gragas, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Gragas does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Gragas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gragas.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Gragas on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Gragas does a decent job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Gragas
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Gragas?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Maokai that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, Gragas is a relatively poor companion for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, he decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 50.0%. This signals that there is a negative synergy between Maokai and Gragas that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gragas has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players must be cautious when lining up Gragas allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Maokai and Gragas together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of AD. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Gragas 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 learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to synergize with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Maokai and Gragas synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Gragas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 50.0% helping carry Gragas with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Maokai and Gragas pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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