How to win lane as Vayne against Maokai · 50.49% win rate (509 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Kite him — dodge his W root, W-shred him.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Tumble out of it.
Read from Vayne's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
This is Vayne's own plan; across 509 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | Silver Bolts out-damages Maokai's slow, low-threat level-1 kit. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | Twisted Advance locks on and roots — untargetable mid-dash, not dodgeable. |
| Level 3 | Vayne | Bramble Smash knocks you back on a 7s and grounds your escape. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vayne | Sapling Toss reaches 1100 and zones you off CS. |
| Level 6 | Vayne | Nature's Grasp (R) is a telegraphed root you Tumble over with no follow-up. |
| First item | Vayne | Sap Magic heals off every spell — bring Grievous Wounds. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | %HP true damage hard out-scales his stat-check tank build late. |
Maokai is slow, but his root is not dodgeable: Twisted Advance (W) locks on, goes untargetable mid-dash and roots on arrival, 525 range on 14s at rank 1. Hold Condemn for that dash — it is the one thing that shuts it off.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vayne's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vayne 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 50.49% win rate over 509 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Vayne vs Maokai is a genuine skill matchup: 50.49% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Vayne vs Maokai win rate is 50.49%, an even lane decided by execution.
Vayne takes Lethal Tempo 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 Blade of the Ruined King (%HP duel spike) first, then Phantom Dancer, with Mercury's Treads.
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