How to win lane as Maokai against Yuumi · 54.42% win rate (1,968 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Their sustain answers chip — your W answers their carry directly; root the windows.
Track: Yuumi's W — You and Me!. Untargetable while attached — kill the host or catch the dismount windows.
Read from Maokai's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yuumi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | Yuumi has no CC and only Q poke, so you control the lane from level 1. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | You reach 2 first and can W her ADC while she's stuck attached and unable to peel. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | At 3 your W locks her carry regardless of attach, and she can't interrupt it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Through 4-5 your sustain soaks her poke while your engage keeps threatening kills. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Your level-6 R roots through her ult heal zone since she has no way to stop it. |
| First item | Maokai | Tank items plus Sap Magic let you dive her ADC repeatedly with no counterplay. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | In 2+ item fights she can only heal, never disengage, so your flank W always lands. |
You own levels 1-2: Yuumi brings zero hard CC and can only chip with Prowling Projectile (Q), so as long as you respect the poke you can walk the lane down. Watch for the moment she detaches to CS or fires her Q — that window is a free W or Sapling slow onto her ADC. Your sustain from Sap Magic soaks her poke and keeps your health where you want it for the all-in. She brings no hard crowd control at all, so your root is uncontested whenever you choose to use it. Seed the ground their carry has to stand on, and commit the instant he steps past the minion line rather than waiting for a Yuumi you cannot reach.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Maokai's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Maokai vs Yuumi 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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Maokai, slightly — a 54.42% win rate edge over 1,968 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Maokai has a small statistical edge (54.42% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Maokai has a slight edge (54.42% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Maokai takes Guardian on the Resolve tree with Font of Life, Bone Plating and Overgrowth, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Yuumi.
Start World Atlas + potions and back for Bramble piece vs sustain. Build Locket / Zeke's first, then Knight's Vow path, with Mercury's.
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