How to win lane as Maokai against Taric · 43.9% win rate over 344 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | You start ahead: Taric is immobile and folds to your point-blank Q-W setup. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | At 2 your W lock beats his slow heal-and-stun kit and forces Flash. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Level 3 your dive tempo outpaces his short-range poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Through 4-5 your W lands before his E Dazzle charges. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Your R out-ranges his lane threat and engages before Dazzle. |
| First item | Taric | First item his Q sustain, Dazzle and Cosmic Radiance out-trade you. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | At 2+ items your R-W chain locks him before his ult and your team outscales his aura. |
Levels 1-5 favor your tempo: Taric is slow and short-ranged, so your level-2 Q+W lock and repeat W threats give your ADC free windows he can only answer with a well-timed E Dazzle. Punish every step-up, but know his heal-sustain means the overall lane grinds close despite your kill pressure.
The full Maokai vs Taric 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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