Maokai with Taliyah
How to Synergize Maokai and Taliyah
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Maokai Taliyah Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Taliyah
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 Taliyah Will Play
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
Maokai Taliyah Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taliyah as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Taliyah helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai is paired with Taliyah, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This may signal that Taliyah does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Taliyah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Taliyah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Taliyah.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Taliyah on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Taliyah does a decent job of protecting Maokai in teamfights.
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Taliyah?
There is no top synergy for Maokai that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Taliyah is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By playing on the same side as Maokai, she increases their win rate by 0.5% to 53.1%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Maokai and Taliyah that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Taliyah has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Taliyah comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Maokai players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability 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 aligning Maokai and Taliyah together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Taliyah teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Maokai in order to work well with Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Maokai and Taliyah synergy build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Taliyah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 53.1% helping carry Taliyah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.1% win rate overall.
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