How to win lane as Ornn against Maokai · 51.46% win rate (824 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
W-brittle his combo — dodge his root, out-scale.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Dodge it.
Read from Ornn's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You're one of the weakest level-1 toplaners with no shield or combo, but Maokai also can't all-in yet — just last-hit and set up the lane. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | Maokai's level 2 sapling-empowered W root dash and Q knockback out-trade you cleanly before your Bellows Breath shield exists. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | He still edges you at 3 — his saplings and passive sustain heal through your first W exhale faster than you can punish. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | With a second combo point you can E into a Q pillar for a knock-up he's too immobile to dodge — the lane levels out. |
| Level 6 | Ornn | Your R charges in for a double knock-up and W stays unstoppable through his root, winning the all-in past his sustain. |
| First item | Ornn | Heartsteel or Sunfire with boots makes you the durable bully — W-poke chips his max HP faster than his passive heals. |
| Two+ items | Ornn | As an immobile tank he never escapes your E-Q knock-up, and free Masterwork upgrades at 13 out-gold his single-target presence. |
Maokai owns the first levels here and you just farm — you have no shield, no combo, and you're mana-starved while his sapling-empowered W root dash and Q knockback let him bully you off CS. Don't step into his sapling field for a last hit at 1-2; eat a little poke and wait for Bellows Breath. Once you have W at 3 you can finally exhale percent-HP damage and apply Brittle to trade back, but until then respect his level 2 all-in — his root plus saplings will out-DPS you before your shield exists.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ornn's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Ornn vs Maokai 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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Ornn, slightly — a 51.46% win rate edge over 824 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Ornn has a small statistical edge (51.46% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Ornn has a slight edge (51.46% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Ornn takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Maokai.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (forge-upgradeable) first, then Sunfire Aegis, with Mercury's Treads.
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