How to win lane as Seraphine against Maokai · 53.1% win rate over 1,981 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even because neither support has a reliable kill threat before abilities come online. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is skill-dependent since your Q-plus-empowered-E and his W-into-sapling both need a landed first spell. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Maokai leads level 3 as his low-cooldown W root and tank stats let him win extended trades. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Through levels 4-5 Maokai stays ahead because repeated roots outpace your mana-hungry poke. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | At 6 Maokai's Nature's Grasp plus W gives him a stronger lockdown all-in than your reactive Encore. |
| First item | Even / skill | At first item the game evens out as your completed item and free Q casts offset his root windows. |
| Two+ items | Seraphine | With 2+ items Seraphine outscales - Encore out-ranges his ult and your shields fully negate his picks. |
Levels 1-2 are skill-based: nobody has a clean kill button, so trade auto-for-auto, hold E as your panic stun, and don't walk into his brush saplings. Shove to 2 and threaten your empowered-E instead of face-checking his W.
The full Seraphine 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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