Zyra with Maokai
How to Synergize Zyra and Maokai
based on 2,078 Zyra with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zyra Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Zyra vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zyra and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Zyra with Maokai
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Zyra in LoL
The Zyra 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, Zyra sees a large worsening in her 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 Zyra perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zyra plays on the same team as Maokai, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Maokai provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zyra is played together with Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Additionally, when Zyra plays with Maokai on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Maokai does a poor job of covering Zyra during team fights.
Synergies between Zyra and Maokai
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Is Zyra better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top ally for Zyra that will no matter what be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Maokai is a pretty good companion for Zyra. By locking into the same team as Zyra, he improves their win rate by 1.1% to 53.7%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Zyra and Maokai that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Zyra. That means Zyra players don't need to be very careful when arranging Maokai comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, Zyra players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Zyra and Maokai together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Maokai ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to pair well with Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Zyra and Maokai synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Maokai than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 53.7% helping carry Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Zyra players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Maokai with Zyra are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.