How to win lane as Maokai against Camille · 50% win rate (240 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her true damage shreds your HP — build armor, W-peel.
Track: Camille's E — Hookshot (16–12s cooldown). Her engage/stun. W-peel it.
Read from Maokai's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Camille.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Camille | You own level 1 by default — one ability, no combo, but she is weak before Hookshot too, so deny her CS and set up the lane. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Even trade window — your W-Q is one point from online but a single spell doesn't lock the duel, so it's a check on who lands first. |
| Level 3 | Camille | With W root into Q knockback and a Sap Magic heal you win the trade before Hookshot is up to peel her out. |
| Levels 4-5 | Camille | Hookshot and Tactical Sweep are both online — she kites your cooldowns and the outer cone heals her through your sustain. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Your R adds gank and engage threat but barely swings the 1v1 — it's a coin-flip duel, so set up your jungler, not a solo kill. |
| First item | Camille | Her Sheen/Trinity spike lands — Precision Protocol procs chunk you faster than Sap Magic heals it back. |
| Two+ items | Camille | You reclaim the teamfight late: R and W lockdown cage her before she R-isolates a carry — the one window your flat damage doesn't lose. |
Levels 2-3 are your window. Once W (Twisted Advance) into Q (Bramble Smash) are online you root her, knock her back, and proc Sap Magic to heal the trade right back before Hookshot is even available to peel her out. Hit her at the wide tip of Q for the extra knockback. Don't waste W chasing a full-health Camille at level 1 when you have one ability and no follow-up. Sapling the brush and your own wall so she can't freely hookshot onto you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Maokai's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Maokai vs Camille 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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Nobody on paper — a 50% win rate over 240 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Maokai vs Camille is a genuine skill matchup: 50% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Maokai vs Camille win rate is 50%, an even lane decided by execution.
Maokai takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Camille.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing. Build Heartsteel (the HP engine) first, then Thornmail / Spirit Visage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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