Olaf with Maokai
How to Synergize Olaf and Maokai
based on 1,259 Olaf with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Maokai
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Maokai helps Olaf perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf is an ally to Maokai, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Maokai supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played alongside Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Maokai on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Maokai does a decent job of protecting Olaf in teamfights.
Synergies between Olaf and Maokai
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top synergy for Olaf that will always be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Maokai is a good companion for Olaf. By being on the same team as Olaf, he improves their win rate by 2.9% to 51.9%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Olaf and Maokai that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Maokai has a lower difficulty than Olaf. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Maokai allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Olaf players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Olaf and Maokai together, you may not be granting your team much magic damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Olaf
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How We Calculated Our Olaf Maokai Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Olaf in order to pair well with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Olaf and Maokai synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 51.9% helping carry Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Olaf and Maokai pairings, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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