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How to Synergize Xayah with Maokai on the Same TeamXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah with Maokai

How to Win With Xayah and Maokai Paired TogetherXayah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Xayah and Maokai

based on 2,029 Xayah with Maokai pairs
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Xayah has fought alongside Maokai in 2029 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the hosts of League, we have complete confidence that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Xayah play with Maokai. It is relatively rare for Xayah to play alongside Maokai as allies. This has only happened in about 3.4% of matches with Xayah.

Xayah Maokai Synergy Summary

Xayah has done a ok job of synergizing with Maokai. Typically, she wins an acceptable 49.8% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Xayah when playing with Maokai by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Xayah vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonLord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Xayah and Maokai

Tips for Playing as Xayah with Maokai

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah Maokai Synergy Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Maokai Image
6.9
< Kills >
6.4
5.8
< Deaths >
6.1
6.6
< Assists >
6.6
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
180
< Minions Killed >
181
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,961
< Physical Damage >
19,629
343
< Magic Damage >
381
378
< True Damage >
383
20,682
< Damage Dealt >
20,394
20,217
< Damage Taken >
20,546
12,079
< Gold Earned >
11,987
2.39
< Towers >
2.33
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
4,909
< Total Healing >
4,812
12,759
< Experience >
12,760
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
55
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Play with Maokai as Xayah in LoL

The Xayah Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Xayah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Maokai helps Xayah perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Xayah is an ally to Maokai, she gets a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Maokai provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xayah is played with Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Maokai.

Moreover, when Xayah plays with Maokai on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Maokai does a decent job of covering Xayah in team fights.

Synergies between Xayah and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Xayah
Maokai

Is Xayah better when played alongside Maokai?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Xayah that will no matter what be her ideal synergy. Yet, Maokai is a decent ally for Xayah. By playing on the same team as Xayah, he improves their win rate by 2.1% to 49.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Xayah and Maokai that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Maokai has a lower difficulty than Xayah. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Maokai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.

Conversely, by grouping Xayah and Maokai together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of magic damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Maokai ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah Maokai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Xayah and Maokai, we analyzed 2,029 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Xayah with Maokai comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to work well with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to have in your Xayah and Maokai synergy build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Maokai than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 49.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Maokai with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Maokai with Xayah are given for every ranked division. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.