Maokai with Shen
How to Synergize Maokai and Shen
based on 2,010 Maokai with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Shen Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Shen
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Shen
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 Shen Will Play
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Maokai Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, 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 Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shen helps Maokai perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Shen, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Shen does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shen.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Shen on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Shen does a decent job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Shen
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best champion pairing for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Shen is a relatively poor ally for Maokai. By being on the same team as Maokai, he drops their win rate by -2.2% to 50.4%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Maokai and Shen that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Shen has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be careful when enlisting Shen teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Maokai and Shen together, you may not be providing your other teammates much AD. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Shen ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to work well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Maokai and Shen synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Shen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 50.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip 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 players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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