Maokai with Sion
How to Synergize Maokai and Sion
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Maokai Sion Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Sion
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Sion
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 Sion Will Play
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Maokai Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, 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 Sion. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sion helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Sion, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Sion provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Sion on the same team, 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 Sion.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Sion on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Sion does a poor job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Sion
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Sion?
There is no top ally for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, Sion is a very typical companion for Maokai. By playing on the same side as Maokai, he lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 52.2%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Maokai and Sion that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Sion has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you must be very careful when lining up Sion comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Maokai and Sion together, you will not be giving your side very much sustained damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sion ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai to synergize with Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Maokai and Sion synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing alongside Sion with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.
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