How to win lane as Maokai against Nami · 53.04% win rate over 1,544 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nami | Nami wins level 1 — Aqua Prison out-ranges your engage and her heal sustains poke. |
| Level 2 | Nami | At level 2 her stun bubble cancels your W all-in and enables her trade. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as your tank stats offset her poke before your spike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Through 4-5 you take over — you can bait her Q and walk her down. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | At level 6 your R wide-catch beats her non-CC ult on engage. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item evens out as her E-buff all-in matches your commit. |
| Two+ items | Nami | By two-plus items her R disengage and steroid out-scale your single engage. |
Nami edges levels 1-2: Aqua Prison is a point-blank-to-mid-range stun that cleanly interrupts your W Twisted Advance, and her W Ebb and Flow bounce-heal sustains through your poke. If you dash in on cooldown you're fine, but a held bubble punishes every predictable engage. Play around her Q timer rather than trading raw.
The full Maokai vs Nami 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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