How to win lane as Warwick against Maokai · 50.64% win rate (233 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Out-sustain him — dodge his root, R-lock him.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Dodge it.
Read from Warwick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Warwick | Maokai's passive heal trades evenly with your poke at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is a skill coin-flip before his kit and mana come online. |
| Level 3 | Maokai | At 3 his Twisted Advance root chains into a full trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through levels 4-5 you win trades before he stacks tank health. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | At 6 Nature's Grasp roots you out of the Duress leap entirely. |
| First item | Warwick | His first tank item's health and sustain bring the trade back to even. |
| Two+ items | Warwick | Full tank Maokai's chain-CC and health outlast your on-hit damage. |
Levels 1-2 are close: Maokai's passive sustain and Sapling poke keep him even, but before his mana and kit scale your Eternal Hunger sustain trades on level terms.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Warwick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Warwick 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 50.64% win rate over 233 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Warwick vs Maokai is a genuine skill matchup: 50.64% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Warwick vs Maokai win rate is 50.64%, an even lane decided by execution.
Warwick 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 Blade of the Ruined King (%HP + sustain engine) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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