How to win lane as Taric against Maokai · 57.51% win rate over 346 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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.
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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