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Maokai Synergies Patch 16.16: Best and Worst Picks with Maokai

Find the best champions to pair with Maokai for Support using win rate data on LoLTheory. Optimize your team composition in LoL Season 16 Patch 16.16.

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Best Picks with Maokai

Champions that perform well alongside Maokai in team compositions. Listed by highest win rates when paired with Maokai in Platinum ranked matches.
ChampionRoleWR%
ViVi3.85% PR 57.08% XerathXerath4.20% PR 56.43% GangplankGangplank4.20% PR 55.81% ZedZed4.90% PR 55.12% WukongWukong5.94% PR 54.99% JinxJinx5.24% PR 54.45% Kha'ZixKha'Zix4.20% PR 52.58% GravesGraves6.29% PR 52.38% Kai'SaKai'Sa17.48% PR 52.35% YoneYone4.55% PR 50.95% Miss FortuneMiss Fortune4.55% PR 50.74% SylasSylas4.55% PR 50.46%

Worst Picks with Maokai

Champions that underperform when paired with Maokai. Ranked by lowest win rates when on the same team in Platinum matches.
ChampionRoleWR%
JhinJhin6.64% PR 43.21% Lee SinLee Sin5.59% PR 43.23% ViegoViego5.24% PR 43.54% JayceJayce3.85% PR 43.91% ViktorViktor5.94% PR 43.93% EzrealEzreal6.99% PR 44.40% Jarvan IVJarvan IV4.90% PR 44.74% LockeLocke4.55% PR 46.04% AhriAhri4.20% PR 47.06% CaitlynCaitlyn4.90% PR 47.16% TalonTalon3.85% PR 48.50% AatroxAatrox4.20% PR 50.10%
Learn how to play with Maokai with these essential tips.
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Follow up immediately when Maokai lands his W root — it's a guaranteed window to land your own skillshots or all-in the target before the root ends.
Skirmish Team Fight
Group toward bushes when contesting fights with Maokai — his E saplings deal double damage and apply a stronger slow when placed in brush, making bush control a strong setup for picks.
Lane Phase Skirmish
Watch for Maokai's R launched from fog of war — the root lasts longer the farther a bramble travels, up to 2.25 seconds at max range, so be ready to follow up on rooted targets.
Team Fight Skirmish
Maokai's R bramble wall is hardest to escape in narrow spaces like jungle entrances, river pathways, and near walls — grouping fights in these areas maximizes how many enemies get caught.
Team Fight
Give Maokai a moment to toss saplings into nearby brush before objective fights — the vision and slow they provide make it much harder for enemies to approach or flank unseen.
Skirmish Late Game
Maokai is weak in the early game, especially against ranged lane opponents — as support, prioritize denying his lane and consider early jungle ganks to help him reach his stronger mid-game.
Basic Lane Phase
Maokai's passive periodically empowers his next basic attack to heal a chunk of his max health, with the cooldown dropping faster whenever he casts a spell or is hit by an enemy ability — he's tankier in extended fights than his health bar suggests.
Advanced Skirmish Team Fight