Maokai with Jayce
How to Synergize Maokai and Jayce
based on 2,159 Maokai with Jayce pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Jayce Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Jayce
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Jayce
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 Jayce Will Play
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
Maokai Jayce Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jayce as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Jayce synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jayce, 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 Jayce. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jayce helps Maokai perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai is an ally to Jayce, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Jayce does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Jayce on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Jayce. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Jayce.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Jayce on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Jayce does a decent job of covering Maokai in team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Jayce
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Jayce?
There is no one best companion for Maokai that will always be his top synergy. However, Jayce is a below average ally for Maokai. By playing on the same team as Maokai, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Maokai and Jayce that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Jayce has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Jayce comrades to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Maokai and Jayce together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Jayce ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Maokai to pair well with Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Maokai and Jayce synergy build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Jayce than with many other common builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.0% helping carry Jayce with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use 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 we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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