Zilean with Maokai
How to Synergize Zilean and Maokai
based on 600 Zilean with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Maokai
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean 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 fall shows that Maokai helps Zilean perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is an ally to Maokai, he observes a clear improvement in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Maokai helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean 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.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Maokai on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Maokai does a poor job of covering Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Maokai
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no ideal companion for Zilean that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Maokai is a good teammate for Zilean. By locking into the same team as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 2.1% to 52.8%. This proves that there is a somewhat important synergy between Zilean and Maokai that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Maokai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by grouping Zilean and Maokai together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much attack damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Maokai ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to synergize with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Zilean and Maokai synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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