How to win lane as Maokai against Leona · 50.48% win rate over 1,777 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | Before Leona has E she can't engage, so your level-1 Bramble Smash poke wins the opening. |
| Level 2 | Leona | At level 2 Leona's point-click E-Q gap-close and stun out-engage your slower Twisted Advance. |
| Level 3 | Leona | Level 3 Leona's full E-Q-P lockdown chain overpowers your telegraphed engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Leona | Through levels 4-5 Leona's reliable point-click CC keeps beating your slow-charge kit. |
| Level 6 | Leona | At 6 Leona's Solar Flare gives a longer, surer engage than your Nature's Grasp all-in. |
| First item | Leona | First-item tankiness makes Leona's dive threat unpeelable, forcing you fully onto defense. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | Late, your counter-engage Q and Nature's Grasp peel her dive and punish her spent CC. |
Level 1 is yours: before Leona has E she has no gap-close, so your Bramble Smash poke and body-blocking win the opening exchange. The moment she hits level 2, though, E-Q becomes an unmissable engage that beats your slower W, so back off her E range and stop trading on the ground.
The full Maokai vs Leona 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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