How to win lane as Renekton against Maokai · 49.31% win rate (947 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bully him — dodge his root, snowball early.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Dodge it.
Read from Renekton's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Renekton | No Twisted Advance at Level 1 — his lock-on root is offline and his passive sustain hasn't stacked, so your auto-trades go unanswered. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | Twisted Advance online: he goes UNTARGETABLE for the whole dash, so your burst hits nothing, and he arrives rooting you inside a sapling field. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | Full kit online but Maokai's Twisted Advance cooldown is short enough to chain roots across multiple abilities — his Q knockback after a W root keeps you off him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | Twisted Advance cycles from 14s down to 10s while Sap Magic heals every trade — he roots you twice in one engagement and grinds you out on sustain. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Nature's Grasp ult roots you in place mid-Dominus — he negates your HP buffer by locking you down for a full Q follow-up while saplings chunk for free. |
| First item | Maokai | Heartsteel first item turns his passive sustain into percent-max-HP scaling — your flat burst from Sundered Sky no longer races ahead of his regeneration in a long trade. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | At two-plus items neither of you wins a clean solo all-in — his tank scaling outpaces your burst but your E mobility keeps you relevant on the map where he cannot follow. |
Level 1 is yours — Maokai has no mobility tool yet and his passive sustain hasn't accumulated stacks, so auto-trade freely and build the health lead you'll lean on. The moment he hits Level 2 and Twisted Advance comes online, everything changes: his W is a lock-on root through your dash, meaning he can interrupt your E-W combo mid-flight and root you inside his sapling field. Play Level 1 aggressively to max value, then respect the W the instant it's available — if you E in and he fires W, your entire burst sequence becomes his trade, not yours.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Renekton's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Renekton 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.31% win rate over 947 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Renekton vs Maokai is a genuine skill matchup: 49.31% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Renekton vs Maokai win rate is 49.31%, an even lane decided by execution.
Renekton takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Maokai.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Eclipse (burst + early bully curve) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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