How to win the jungle race as Udyr against Maokai · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Udyr's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Udyr Dominant | A double stance point gives an instant trade pattern most junglers can't answer. Sapling Toss bush-bombs poke contests for free, and before either of you has a second camp down that is not an answer. Take the level-1 crossing and make Maokai path away from the camps you want. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Udyr Dominant | Blazing Stampede's stun plus Wingborne Storm shred wins any straight fight. There is no version of this Maokai wins right now — Twisted Advance root trades keep skirmishes on their schedule, and that folds on the second camp. Show on their side of the river and take the second buff and the tempo that comes with it. |
| Level 3 Route | Udyr Dominant | Four stance points are online and your awakened trades hit their hardest window. Later in the game this bites, because Twisted Advance's untargetable root locks you down for the counter-trade. But as the first scuttle timer lands none of it is online, so take the level-3 river fight and tax every camp Maokai concedes. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Udyr Dominant — Keep Fighting | Nothing about 4-5 helps Maokai here: he plays 4-5 through sapling vision and root ganks into lanes that already hold the wave, while you can take any duel you can reach. Invade on the clear-timer, not on a whim. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Stance Mastery Favoured | Awakened stance rotations on four points hit harder than most actual ultimates, while Nature's Grasp roots the whole river. You win the breakpoint against Maokai, not the whole game — cash it on the first objective after both sides hit six. |
| First Item Spike | Trinity / Liandry Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive damage and clear speed multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Maokai's first item mostly buys health and cooldowns — his spike is durability, not damage, and it arrives early. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Udyr Favoured at Full Build | Two items on, the edge is yours. The one thing to plan around is that he is a root wall with a health bar — hard to kill, and the whole river is his zone — take that away and the fight is a formality. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Red Buff, stance-dancing Wilding Claw (Q) and Iron Mantle (W) for damage and sustain — Wingborne Storm (R) is your ultimate and isn't available at level 1. Maokai clears comfortably with Sap Magic sustain and saplings, and he is close to full health at every crossing.
Ranked by the race windows in Udyr's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Udyr vs Maokai 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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Udyr's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows — Udyr holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Udyr's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows, so Maokai is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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