Maokai with Warwick
How to Synergize Maokai and Warwick
based on 5,084 Maokai with Warwick pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Warwick Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Warwick
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Warwick
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 Warwick Will Play
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
Maokai Warwick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Warwick as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Warwick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Warwick, 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 Warwick. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Warwick helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai tries to synergize with Warwick, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Warwick does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played with Warwick 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 alongside Warwick.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Warwick on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Warwick does a decent job of protecting Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Warwick
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Warwick?
There is no one best companion for Maokai that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Warwick is a very typical ally for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, he decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 51.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Maokai and Warwick that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Warwick has a lower difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players don't need to be careful when lining up Warwick allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Maokai players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by aligning Maokai and Warwick together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Warwick ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to pair well with Warwick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Maokai and Warwick synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Warwick than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 51.6% helping carry Warwick with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Maokai players should take 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 champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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