Maokai with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Maokai and Tahm Kench
based on 2,309 Maokai with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Tahm Kench
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 Tahm Kench Will Play
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Maokai Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, 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 Tahm Kench. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tahm Kench helps Maokai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Tahm Kench does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Tahm Kench does a poor job of covering Maokai during team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Tahm Kench
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no top synergy for Maokai that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a decent ally for Maokai. By being on the same side as Maokai, he raises their win rate by 1.2% to 53.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Maokai and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you should be cautious when lining up Tahm Kench teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, Maokai players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Maokai and Tahm Kench together, you will not be providing your side a lot of attack damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Maokai to pair well with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Maokai and Tahm Kench synergy build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Tahm Kench than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.8% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.8% win rate overall.
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