How to win lane as Brand against Maokai · 53.49% win rate over 544 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | At level 1 your ranged W and Blaze poke beat his melee-only kit. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Your level-2 W self-peel punishes his W-root all-in attempt. |
| Level 3 | Brand | At level 3 your burst and stun out-trade his engage windows. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Through levels 4-5 you zone him with poke he can't answer at range. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Your level-6 Pyroclasm punishes his dive for a kill. |
| First item | Brand | First-item Blaze burn melts his large tank HP faster than he sustains. |
| Two+ items | Brand | At 2+ items your DoT ignores his armor and out-damages his engage. |
You out-poke Maokai completely at levels 1-2: he's a melee tank with no ranged answer to your W and Blaze burn, so you chip him freely and deny his level-2 W-Q all-in. Zone him off the wave and set up your ADC's tempo.
The full Brand vs Maokai report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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