How to win lane as Maokai against Renekton · 54.08% win rate over 98 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Renekton | At level 1 Renekton's empowered W (Ruthless Predator) point-click stuns you and Cull the Meek out-heals any chip, while you have a single ability and no combo to answer. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | Your level-2 W (Twisted Advance) into Q gives you a root-and-knockback trade his fury can't repeat, and Sap Magic heals it back. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | With W+Q+E online you out-trade him around his fury cooldown, repeating root trades while Sap Magic grinds through Cull the Meek. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Your root cooldowns and constant Passive healing let you win the war of attrition over levels 4-5 that his point-click bully kit can't sustain. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Nature's Grasp (R) adds a long-range root for gank and all-in threat on top of an already-favored lane. |
| First item | Maokai | Your first sustain/tank item makes his fury combo trade unevenly while Sap Magic heals back the chip his Cull the Meek deals. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Renekton falls off hard into items but your own damage flattens too, so neither solo-kills and your edge becomes pure teamfight utility. |
Level 1 is genuinely his — he has a point-click empowered W (Ruthless Predator) stun and Cull the Meek heals through any chip, while you have only one ability and no combo, so don't contest the first step-up, just last-hit. Everything flips at level 2: complete W (Twisted Advance) into Q (Bramble Smash) and you have a root-and-knockback trade his fury can't repeat. Bait his empowered W, sidestep his E-dash, then dash-root him the instant his fury bar is empty and proc Sap Magic to heal the trade back.
The full Maokai vs Renekton 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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