How to win lane as Leona against Maokai · 52.73% win rate over 1,741 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 both are engage tanks fishing for CC, so it's an even skill matchup. |
| Level 2 | Leona | At 2 your E-Q wins the engage race over his single Twisted Advance root. |
| Level 3 | Leona | Level 3 you bring two CC tools to his one, taking control. |
| Levels 4-5 | Leona | Through 4-5 your faster engage and durability dominate his poke. |
| Level 6 | Leona | At 6 Solar Flare out-values his dodgeable Nature's Grasp ult. |
| First item | Leona | First item your Mercs and tankiness win the CC war. |
| Two+ items | Leona | With 2+ items your cleaner lockdown chain still beats his root-and-poke. |
Level 1 is a skill matchup - both of you are melee engage tanks fishing for the first hard-CC, so whoever lands their initiation cleanly wins the exchange. Respect his Twisted Advance root and Sapling poke, but your kit is comparable and neither of you has a decisive edge before level 2.
The full Leona 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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