How to win lane as Maokai against Teemo · 57.45% win rate over 94 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You both have a weak level 1, but his poison poke is free against your single ability — last-hit at Q range and don't burn cooldowns chasing. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | W (Twisted Advance) plus Q comes online — his Q blinds an auto, not your spells, so you root and knockback through the blind while Sap Magic heals the chip. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | With E (Sapling Toss) added you can W-in, Q-knockback, and drop a sapling on his kite path — his poke can't sustain through your healing. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Your root cooldown lets you repeat the W-Q trade and Sap Magic out-heals his E poison — engage every time his blind is down. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | R (Nature's Grasp) is a long-range root that catches him mid-kite — chain it into W and he has no escape from the all-in. |
| First item | Maokai | Your Bami/sustain spike plus stacked resistances shrug off his autos and E poison while Sap Magic tops you off every trade. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | He out-scales the lane into shrooms and splitpush — your tank damage flattens, so respect mushroom walls and let your team handle the map threat. |
Level 1 is a non-event — you have one ability and no combo, and Teemo just wants to poison-poke for free, so soak the wave with the tip of Q and don't chase. The lane flips at 2-3 once W (Twisted Advance) and Q are both up: his blind shuts off an AUTO, not your spell damage, so when he Q-blinds you, lead with W to root him in place, then Q-knockback and walk out — Sap Magic heals back the poison chip. His one weakness is he has zero escape the moment your W lands.
The full Maokai vs Teemo 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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