How to win lane as Braum against Maokai · 52.71% win rate (2,007 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
An engage mirror your wall referees — eat his chain's projectile link and stun the rest.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). Point-and-click root — count its cooldown before stepping up.
Read from Braum's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
This is Braum's own plan; across 2,007 pooled games the lane is leaning Braum.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | Level 1 favours Maokai on Sapling poke and early root priority. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | Level 2 is Maokai's as his W-into-Sapling all-in starts the trade war. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Level 3 stays Maokai-favoured on continued hard-CC trade dominance. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Levels 4-5 remain his because he holds engage and poke priority. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Level 6 is Maokai's since Nature's Grasp roots through your single E. |
| First item | Braum | First item flips to you as tank stats let you walk poke and out-sustain him. |
| Two+ items | Braum | 2+ items favours you because your peel outvalues his single-target root late. |
Levels 1-5 are Maokai's: his W root and Sapling poke give him the hard-CC and trade priority to start every fight, and his level-6 lane-wide root only deepens the pressure on your ADC. His root and his saplings give him trade priority, so hold the shield and take the chip rather than answering it. Keep the wave where your carry can farm it safely. Mark him once the root has missed, and let your ADC finish the stack instead of walking into the sapling zone.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Braum's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Braum 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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Braum, slightly — a 52.71% win rate edge over 2,007 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Braum has a small statistical edge (52.71% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Braum has a slight edge (52.71% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Braum takes Guardian on the Resolve tree with Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Maokai.
Start World Atlas + potions and back for Bramble piece vs sustain. Build Locket / Knight's Vow first, then Zeke's path, with Mercury's.
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