How to win lane as Maokai against Singed · 49.51% win rate (608 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Don’t chase poison — W-root him, sustain up.
Track: Singed's E — Fling (10–8s cooldown). His flip. W-peel it.
Read from Maokai's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Singed.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Neither of you has a combo at Level 1, but the second you can't hold him with a single root he proxies the wave away — call it even. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | W-root into Q-knockback plus a Sapling is a full punish trade his early kit can't answer, and Sap Magic heals the poison chip. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Your root and poke cooldowns let you repeat the 2-3 trade while his move speed and poison aren't online yet to escape it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | He starts flinging you (E) into Mega Adhesive and kiting on move speed — one root can't pin him, so trades wash out. |
| Level 6 | Singed | R adds a wider root, but Insanity Potion (100s) makes his poison apply Grievous Wounds and shuts your Sap Magic off. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your Hollow Radiance first item keeps you durable through his poison, but your damage can't kill a drain-tank — neither of you wins outright. |
| Two+ items | Singed | Full-build Singed runs you down with poison and W flings while your kit has no scaling damage — your only edge becomes teamfight CC. |
Singed has no real combo at Level 1 either, so contest the first wave but don't overcommit — the moment you can only threaten one root, he proxies behind your tower and there's nothing to hold him with. Your real window is Levels 2-3: land W to root him, Q to knock him off, drop a Sapling at his feet, and proc Sap Magic to heal back the poison tick. Never chase him into his poison trail — that's exactly the fight he wants, and his W can fling you under tower or backward into a bad spot.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Maokai's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Maokai vs Singed 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 49.51% win rate over 608 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Maokai vs Singed is a genuine skill matchup: 49.51% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Maokai vs Singed win rate is 49.51%, 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 Singed.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Heartsteel (the HP engine) first, then Thornmail / Spirit Visage, with Mercury's Treads.
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