How to win lane as Lulu against Maokai · 50.37% win rate over 1,739 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lulu | Your level-1 Q poke and Pix autos out-damage Maokai's early kit. |
| Level 2 | Lulu | At 2 your empowered-auto trade beats his single-target root threat. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as his W-root reliability starts to matter. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Levels 4-5 tip to Maokai: his tankiness lets him engage-and-survive through your poke. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Level 6 Nature's Grasp gives him a long-range engage you can't out-poke. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item is even once your pre-shields and reactive Polymorph answer his engage. |
| Two+ items | Lulu | By 2 items your Wild Growth and Polymorph out-peel his single-target lockdown. |
You win levels 1-2: your Q and Pix-empowered autos out-poke Maokai's single-target root and Saplings. Push the poke lead, shield your ADC, and hold Whimsy/Polymorph to cancel his W-root engage before he gets value.
The full Lulu 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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