Xin Zhao with Maokai
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Maokai
based on 4,234 Xin Zhao with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Maokai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Maokai
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
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.
Xin Zhao Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao 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, Xin Zhao sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Maokai. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Maokai helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Maokai, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Maokai helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Maokai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Maokai on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Maokai does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top ally for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, Maokai is a great companion for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, he increases their win rate by 3.4% to 54.3%. This proves that there is a very real synergy between Xin Zhao and Maokai that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Maokai has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be cautious when finding Maokai teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by bringing Xin Zhao and Maokai together, you may not be giving your team much AP. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Maokai 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 will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao to synergize with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Xin Zhao and Maokai synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Maokai than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 54.3% helping carry Maokai with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xin Zhao and Maokai pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.3% winrate overall.
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