Maokai with Xerath
How to Synergize Maokai and Xerath
based on 3,734 Maokai with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Maokai Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Maokai perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is an ally to Xerath, he gets a sizeable uptick in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Xerath provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xerath.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Xerath on the same team, he on average takes much more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Xerath does a poor job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Xerath
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no one best ally for Maokai that will always be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Xerath is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By locking into the same team as Maokai, he increases their win rate by 0.2% to 52.8%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Maokai and Xerath that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players need to be cautious when finding Xerath allies to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Maokai and Xerath together, you may not be granting your other allies a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 in order to pair well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Maokai and Xerath synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Xerath than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when playing alongside Xerath with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.
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