Maokai with Karma
How to Synergize Maokai and Karma
based on 2,151 Maokai with Karma pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Karma Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Karma
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Karma
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 Karma Will Play
Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.
Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
Maokai Karma Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karma as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Karma synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karma, 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 Karma. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Karma helps Maokai perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Karma, he observes a sizeable uptick in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Karma helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Karma on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Karma.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Karma on the same team, he usually receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Karma does a poor job of protecting Maokai during team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Karma
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Karma?
There is no one best companion for Maokai that will always be his ideal ally. However, Karma is a not very good companion for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, she decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 50.6%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Maokai and Karma that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Karma has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players should be careful when finding Karma allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing together, Maokai players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Maokai and Karma together, you probably will not be granting your side very much attack damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Karma ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to pair well with Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Maokai and Karma synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Karma than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 50.6% helping carry Karma with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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