Vex with Maokai
How to Synergize Vex and Maokai
based on 2,787 Vex with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vex Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Vex vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Vex and Maokai
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.
Vex Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Vex in LoL
The Vex Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Vex sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Maokai helps Vex perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vex is paired with Maokai, they observes a marginal improvement in their complete damage dealt. This could signal that Maokai supports by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Vex is played together with Maokai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Maokai.
Additionally, when Vex plays with Maokai on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Maokai does a decent job of protecting Vex in team fights.
Synergies between Vex and Maokai
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Is Vex better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no perfect synergy for Vex that will 100% of the time be their #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Maokai is a top-tier teammate for Vex. By playing on the same side as Vex, he improves their win rate by 3.6% to 52.4%. This shows that there is a very real bond between Vex and Maokai that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Maokai has a greater difficulty than Vex. That means you should be very careful when arranging Maokai teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Vex players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Vex and Maokai together, you will not be giving your side much attack damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Vex to work well with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Vex and Maokai synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vex used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when paired up with Maokai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 52.4% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Maokai with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vex and Maokai pairings, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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