How to win lane as Zyra against Maokai · 51.04% win rate (1,099 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His engage crosses a garden — root the charge and let the plants bill the visit.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). Point-and-click root — count its cooldown before stepping up.
Read from Zyra's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zyra | You win level 1 with superior E-Q range and burst over his weak Sapling poke. |
| Level 2 | Zyra | Your level-2 plant combo out-damages anything Maokai can do at 2. |
| Level 3 | Zyra | Level 3 you zone his short W dash with pre-planted seeds. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zyra | Levels 4-5 his engages keep landing in your plant fields at a loss. |
| Level 6 | Zyra | At 6 your ult punishes his W commit harder than his ult helps him. |
| First item | Zyra | First-item burn items amplify your zoning past his tank curve. |
| Two+ items | Zyra | Into 2 items your plants still delete his squishies faster than he peels. |
You dominate levels 1-2: your E root plus Q from behind the caster minions lets you land a full plant combo while his only response is a slow Sapling that does far less than your burst. Take the aggressive level-2 timing the second his ADC overextends. His dash-root arrives before your plants mature, so seed the ground between you and hold the root for his commit. Let the plants punish the approach rather than the wave, and keep your carry off the ground the saplings are already covering.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Zyra's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Zyra 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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Zyra, slightly — a 51.04% win rate edge over 1,099 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Zyra has a small statistical edge (51.04% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Zyra has a slight edge (51.04% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Zyra takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Maokai.
Start World Atlas + potions and back for Oblivion Orb piece vs sustain. Build Liandry's first, then Rylai's path, with Mercury's / Sorcerer's.
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