Maokai with Zilean
How to Synergize Maokai and Zilean
based on 600 Maokai with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Maokai Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zilean helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Zilean, he gets a massive increase in his total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Zilean helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played together with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zilean.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Zilean on the same side, he on average takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of covering Maokai during teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Zilean
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Maokai that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Zilean is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, he improves their win rate by 0.2% to 52.8%. This proves that there is a weak synergy between Maokai and Zilean that results in them performing better together than alone.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players should be cautious when arranging Zilean comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Maokai and Zilean together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Maokai to work well with Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Maokai and Zilean synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Zilean than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 52.8% helping carry Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the highest 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for Maokai and Zilean pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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