How to win lane as Maokai against Soraka · 50.61% win rate over 901 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | You start ahead: Soraka has no dash and folds to your point-blank Q-W setup. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | At 2 your W engage locks her with no escape and forces Flash or death. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Level 3 her self-costing heals can't out-tempo your dive threat. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Through 4-5 she stays immobile and your CC chain lands freely. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Your R roots her mid-heal and punishes her HP-costing sustain. |
| First item | Maokai | First item you zone her off the wave and drain her thin mana. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | At 2+ items your W-R lockdown still deletes the peel-less Soraka before her heals matter. |
You own levels 1-2 outright: Soraka is one of the squishiest, least mobile supports in the game, and your level-2 Q+W root gives your ADC a free window she cannot answer. Punish every Starcall step-up with a W threat.
The full Maokai vs Soraka 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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