Maokai with Neeko
How to Synergize Maokai and Neeko
based on 3,021 Maokai with Neeko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Neeko Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Neeko Counter Build
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Core Maokai Items
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Neeko
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Neeko
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 Neeko Will Play
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
Maokai Neeko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Neeko as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Neeko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Neeko, 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 Neeko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Neeko helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Neeko, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Neeko provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Neeko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Neeko. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Neeko.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Neeko on the same side, he often receives more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Neeko does a poor job of covering Maokai in team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Neeko
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Neeko?
There is no perfect synergy for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, Neeko is a relatively poor teammate for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, she drops their win rate by -2.1% to 50.5%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Maokai and Neeko that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Neeko has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players must be cautious when arranging Neeko teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Maokai players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Maokai and Neeko together, you probably will not be giving your team enough AD. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Neeko ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 in order to synergize with Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Maokai and Neeko synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Neeko than with most other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 50.5% when playing alongside Neeko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take 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 champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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