Maokai with Lux
How to Synergize Maokai and Lux
based on 7,912 Maokai with Lux pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Lux Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Lux
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Lux
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 Lux Will Play
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
Maokai Lux Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lux as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Lux synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lux, 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 Lux. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Lux helps Maokai perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Lux, he sees a noticable increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Lux helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Lux on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Lux. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Lux.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Lux on the same side, he typically takes much more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Lux does a poor job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Lux
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Lux?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Maokai that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Lux is a very typical ally for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, she lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 51.8%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Maokai and Lux that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Lux has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players must be very careful when enlisting Lux comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Maokai and Lux together, you will not be providing your side enough sustained damage output. Plan to have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Lux ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to synergize with Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Maokai and Lux synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Lux than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing alongside Lux with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating 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 sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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