How to win lane as Nami against Maokai · 50.4% win rate over 1,496 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nami | You out-range Maokai's melee W root at level 1 with Bubble and E-empowered autos. |
| Level 2 | Nami | Level 2 you hit the spike first and can Bubble-punish him for creeping up to Sapling. |
| Level 3 | Nami | Level 3 your poke-and-heal cadence still out-trades his Sapling chip before he tanks up. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Levels 4-5 Maokai's stacked Saplings, tankiness and W-dash root set up ganks you can't out-poke. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Level 6 his Nature's Grasp ult roots your whole side and hard-enables an all-in. |
| First item | Nami | First item restores your poke tempo and Bubble punishes his Sapling sustain. |
| Two+ items | Nami | With 2+ items Nami's scaling heals and Tidal Wave out-sustain and peel his engage. |
Levels 1-2 you own the tempo: your Q Bubble out-ranges Maokai's melee W root and E on your ADC's autos wins any short trade while he can only chip with Saplings, so shove and deny him a level-2 pull.
The full Nami vs Maokai 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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