Maokai with Pantheon
How to Synergize Maokai and Pantheon
based on 5,083 Maokai with Pantheon pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Pantheon Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Pantheon
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 Pantheon Will Play
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
Maokai Pantheon Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pantheon as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Pantheon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pantheon, 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 Pantheon. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pantheon helps Maokai perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Pantheon, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This could indicate that Pantheon helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Pantheon on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Pantheon. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Pantheon.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Pantheon on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Pantheon does a poor job of protecting Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Pantheon
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Pantheon?
There is no top synergy for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Pantheon is a very typical ally for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, he drops their win rate by -0.3% to 52.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Maokai and Pantheon that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Pantheon has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you must be careful when lining up Pantheon comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, Maokai players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Combined, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by bringing Maokai and Pantheon together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough magic damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Pantheon teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to synergize with Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Maokai and Pantheon synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Pantheon than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing alongside Pantheon with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against 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 set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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