Nunu & Willump with Maokai
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Maokai
based on 2,652 Nunu & Willump with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Maokai
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Advice to Understand How Maokai Will Play
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.
Nunu & Willump Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nunu & Willump sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Maokai helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump is paired with Maokai, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This may signal that Maokai helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Maokai.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Maokai on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Maokai does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump in team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Maokai
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top ally for Nunu & Willump that will always be his ideal ally. However, Maokai is a pretty good ally for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same side as Nunu & Willump, he raises their win rate by 1.4% to 48.9%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Nunu & Willump and Maokai that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players don't need to be very careful when lining up Maokai comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Nunu & Willump players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Maokai together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of AD. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Nunu & Willump and Maokai synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Maokai than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when playing alongside Maokai with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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