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How to Synergize Maokai with Morgana on the Same TeamMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai with Morgana

How to Win With Maokai and Morgana Paired TogetherMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Maokai and Morgana

based on 2,802 Maokai with Morgana pairs
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.81
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Maokai has fought alongside Morgana in 2802 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the creators of League, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, insightful builds to help Maokai play with Morgana. It is relatively rare for Maokai to play with Morgana on the same team. This has only happened in about 1.8% of rounds with Maokai.

Maokai Morgana Synergy Summary

Maokai does a good job of playing alongside Morgana. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.0% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Maokai when playing alongside Morgana by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Maokai vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailFrozen Heart

Optional Items

Solstice SleighUnending DespairKaenic RookernSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Morgana

Tips for Playing as Maokai with Morgana

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 Morgana Will Play

Tormented Shadow is an excellent farming tool if you're by yourself in a lane.

Shrewd use of Black Shield can determine the outcome of team fights.

Items that provide survivability allow Morgana to become extremely difficult to kill in conjunction with Black Shield and Soul Shackles.

Maokai Morgana Synergy Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Morgana Image
3.5
< Kills >
2.8
5.4
< Deaths >
5.7
11.7
< Assists >
12.7
0.77
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
66
< Minions Killed >
49
0.77
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.45
2,086
< Physical Damage >
1,699
13,194
< Magic Damage >
11,261
1,033
< True Damage >
999
16,314
< Damage Dealt >
13,959
35,928
< Damage Taken >
29,119
10,391
< Gold Earned >
9,339
1.54
< Towers >
1.49
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
15,012
< Total Healing >
9,384
13,190
< Experience >
11,446
29
< Vision Score >
46
11
< Wards Placed >
19
603
< Time Dealing CC >
427

How to Play with Morgana as Maokai in LoL

The Maokai Morgana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Morgana, 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 Morgana. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Morgana helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Maokai tries to synergize with Morgana, he observes a great improvement in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Morgana helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Morgana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Morgana.

Additionally, when Maokai plays with Morgana on the same side, he often takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Morgana does a poor job of covering Maokai during team fights.

Synergies between Maokai and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Maokai
Morgana

Is Maokai better when played alongside Morgana?

There is no perfect synergy for Maokai that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Morgana is a very typical companion for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -0.6% to 52.0%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Maokai and Morgana that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Morgana has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players don't need to be careful when enlisting Morgana allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Maokai and Morgana together, you may not be giving your side a lot of attack damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Morgana ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai Morgana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Maokai and Morgana, we analyzed 2,802 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Maokai with Morgana comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Maokai in order to pair well with Morgana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to include in your Maokai and Morgana synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Morgana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing alongside Morgana with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.

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