How to win lane as Maokai against Quinn · 60.38% win rate over 53 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 you have a single ability and no combo — she Vaults (E) and autos a step-up you can't punish yet, so concede it and farm. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | W (Twisted Advance) comes online — it's point-and-click, so her Harrier kite and E vault can't dodge the root that sets up your trade. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | With W+Q+E you root, knock her into your wave, and Sap Magic heals back her Vault poke — she can't out-DPS your sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Your root cooldown and Sap Magic let you repeat the favorable trade; her poke never out-paces the heal across this stretch. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Nature's Grasp (R) walls off her escape so you root at range and W-Q in — her mobility, her only defense, gets shut off. |
| First item | Maokai | Your Bami/sustain spike plus the repeating W root makes you lane-stable and near-unkillable while her poke stalls out. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | She out-scales the lane phase — at 2+ items she kites, roams, and splitpushes where your non-scaling damage can't follow. |
Level 1 is hers — you have one ability and no combo, so she just autos and Vaults (E) you if you walk up; respect that single window and farm. The moment you hit 2 you flip it: W (Twisted Advance) is point-and-click, so her whole identity — Harrier kite, move speed, the E knockback — does nothing to dodge it. Root her, Q (Bramble Smash) to knock her back into your wave, and her poke can't out-trade the Sap Magic heal you proc on the way out.
The full Maokai vs Quinn 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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