How to win lane as Locke against Maokai · 48.43% win rate (382 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-lasts, you out-floor — the lane is a farm-off where your execute eventually makes his HP bar a rounding error.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). Point-and-click root — count its cooldown before stepping up.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Maokai | His passive heal and sapling poke beat your marks at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | Free sustain plus Bramble Smash knockback out-trade you at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | His regen erases your grey-health trades through level 3. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Sustain and knockback keep the lane his at 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 evens — your execute threat offsets his heal and long-range root. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item evens it — your AP spike and missing-HP on-hit trade level with his sustain. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | Late he's an unkillable rooting tank your burst can't out-race. |
Maokai wins the early lane through sheer sustain. His passive heals him every time he casts, Sapling Toss pokes you for nothing, and Bramble Smash knocks you out of Ritual Nails range whenever you try to trade. You simply can't out-poke a champ that regenerates for free — take safe CS, dodge saplings, and accept you're behind on the trade math.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Locke 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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Maokai, slightly — Locke wins 48.43% of 382 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Maokai has a small statistical edge (51.57% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Maokai has the slight edge (Locke wins 48.43%), though it stays close.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Maokai.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — sustain drags them back above your floor. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's (vs dive), with Mercury's Treads.
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