How to win the jungle race as Maokai against Rengar · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Maokai's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Rengar.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Rengar | A brush-leap empowered Savagery removes half your HP before you can react. A brush-side Savagery leap is the hardest level-1 opener in the jungle on top of that, so level 1 is a straight stat check Maokai loses — hug the centre of corridors away from brush — his entire kit needs a bush to function, and give the river vision-line respect. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Rengar | Rengar out-classes you on the second camp — Battle Roar's heal plus ferocity stacking wins extended buff fights, and a brush-leap empowered Savagery removes half your HP before you can react. Refuse the level-2 skirmish, full-clear away from them, and trade map pressure instead of health. |
| Level 3 Route | Danger — Avoid Rengar | Do not be seen at the opening scuttle: a brush-leap empowered Savagery removes half your HP before you can react. On top of that, a 4-ferocity empowered Q already one-shots squishier junglers near any bush, so they get there first. Hug the centre of corridors away from brush — his entire kit needs a bush to function. Give up the level-3 river fight and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Danger — Avoid Rengar | Do not be seen by Rengar at levels 4-5 — you lose every exchange. Full-clear away from them, ward your entrances, and trade map pressure, not HP. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Respect Rengar's R | Thrill of the Hunt opens every fight with an unanswerable stealth leap, which is the whole problem: a stealthed R leap opens the fight with a full-ferocity burst you never see coming. Hug control wards when his R pings the map — the reveal radius is your only warning, and spend Nature's Grasp to equalize rather than to open. |
| First Item Spike | Sunfire Aegis Spike | Completing Sunfire Aegis gives you a constant area burn plus health, so camps melt while you stand in them and every extended fight with a brawler has free damage ticking on your side. Rengar's first item is the point where an empowered Savagery stops chunking and starts one-shotting squishier targets. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Rengar Late — End Early | Rengar out-stats you from two items on — stop taking straight 1v1s, close through objectives and picks, and keep the game on a clock. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Wolves camp utilizing your stacked E saplings to maximize early AoE clear speed without a leash. Rengar clears well off Battle Roar healing and Savagery resets, and he arrives at three with ferocity ready to spend.
Ranked by the race windows in Maokai's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Maokai vs Rengar report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Rengar pressures 6 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Rengar pressures 6 of the 7 windows, so Maokai is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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