How to win lane as Taric against Maokai · 56.81% win rate (690 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His chain meets a dazzle from two angles and an R that unwrites it — stun the commit.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). Point-and-click root — count its cooldown before stepping up.
Read from Taric's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
This is Taric's own plan; across 690 pooled games the lane is Taric-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | Maokai's early Q poke and sapling zoning beat your short heal range at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | At 2 his Bramble Smash plus root chain enables an all-in your heal can't fully answer. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Through 3 his cooldown-based poke keeps chipping you faster than you recover. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | At 4-5 his sustained zoning still outpaces your mana-limited heals. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your R invuln fully cancels his Nature's Grasp all-in, making the ult trade even. |
| First item | Taric | First item brings online double-Q Bastion sustain that out-heals his poke, favoring you. |
| Two+ items | Taric | With 2+ items your peel and invuln make his engage worthless, so extended fights are yours. |
Maokai wins levels 1-3: his Q knockback and sapling zoning let him poke and lock your ADC while your Q heal is short-ranged and mana-hungry, so respect the level-2 all-in and hug your ADC. His dash-root arrives before your wind-up finishes, so never open first. Link your carry beforehand, hold the stun for the beat after his root has been spent, and let the empowered autos rather than the heal charges be what actually punishes the window.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Taric's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Taric 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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Taric — a 56.81% win rate vs Maokai in support over 690 games is a real advantage.
Not really — Taric holds a real statistical advantage (56.81% win rate), so Maokai is the one working uphill.
Statistically yes — Taric counters Maokai in support, winning 56.81% of 690 Emerald+ games.
Taric takes Aftershock on the Resolve tree with Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Maokai.
Start World Atlas + potions and back for Bramble piece vs sustain. Build Locket / Zeke's first, then Knight's Vow / Redemption, with Mercury's.
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