Maokai with Hecarim
How to Synergize Maokai and Hecarim
based on 3,158 Maokai with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Hecarim
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 Hecarim Will Play
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Maokai Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, 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 Hecarim. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Hecarim helps Maokai perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Hecarim, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Hecarim does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Hecarim.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Hecarim on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Hecarim
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no top champion pairing for Maokai that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Hecarim is a not very good teammate for Maokai. By locking into the same team as Maokai, he lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 50.6%. This signals that there is a negative strategic relationship between Maokai and Hecarim that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be cautious when arranging Hecarim teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Maokai players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Maokai and Hecarim together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much magical damage output. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down 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 pair well with Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Maokai and Hecarim synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Hecarim than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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