How to win lane as Volibear against Maokai · 50.75% win rate (467 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his W root — Q-stun all-in his low damage.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Dodge it.
Read from Volibear's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
This is Volibear's own plan; across 467 pooled games the lane is leaning Volibear.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Volibear | Level 1 is yours — you out-brawl a mana-starved, low-damage Maokai. |
| Level 2 | Volibear | Level 2 is his — Bramble Smash (7s) knocks you back out of every bite. |
| Level 3 | Volibear | Level 3 favours you: full combo all-in beats him while his mana lags. |
| Levels 4-5 | Volibear | Levels 4-5 even out — his Sap Magic heal answers your Maul re-bite. |
| Level 6 | Volibear | Level 6 is his — Nature's Grasp (130s) roots you from 3000 range. |
| First item | Volibear | First item stays yours as W's on-hit wins any extended war of attrition. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | At 2+ items your health and on-hit bites out-last his low damage output. |
You control the early lane. Maokai's saplings and W Twisted Advance root are annoying, but he's mana-hungry and his damage is low, so every time he commits a W you trade back hard with Q Thundering Smash and heal it off with W Frenzied Maul. Walk him down between his cooldowns and deny his farm.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Volibear's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Volibear 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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Volibear, slightly — a 50.75% win rate edge over 467 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Volibear has a small statistical edge (50.75% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Volibear has a slight edge (50.75% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Volibear 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 Sundered Sky (the all-in sustain spike) first, then Spirit Visage, with Mercury's Treads.
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