How to win lane as Warwick against Maokai · 50.64% win rate over 233 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Warwick | At 3 your W-empowered burst out-trades his low early health. |
| Levels 4-5 | Warwick | Through levels 4-5 you win trades before he stacks tank health. |
| Level 6 | Warwick | At 6 baiting his Nature's Grasp lets you win the skill fight with R. |
| First item | Even / skill | His first tank item's health and sustain bring the trade back to even. |
| Two+ items | Maokai | 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.
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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