How to win lane as Yasuo against Maokai · 49.05% win rate (579 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Wind Wall his sapling toss — dodge his root.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). Lock-on root — W won’t block it. Dodge.
Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
This is Yasuo's own plan; across 579 pooled games the lane is leaning Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Sapling Toss (E) is too slow to punish your level 1 farming. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At level 2 Twisted Advance locks on — no dash sidesteps a targeted root. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | At level 3 his saplings and Sap Magic heal out-sustain your chip. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | At 4-5 your Steel Tempest DPS dominates his short cooldowns. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Even his level 6 Nature's Grasp root is telegraphed enough for your E and Wind Wall. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is even: crit shreds him, Sap Magic heals it back. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Late-game you remain the win condition, out-dueling his utility tank profile. |
You control level 1: Sapling Toss (E) is too slow to punish you. From level 2 that ends — Twisted Advance (W) is targeted and he is untargetable during it, so no sidestep exists.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yasuo 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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Maokai, slightly — Yasuo wins 49.05% of 579 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Maokai has a small statistical edge (50.95% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Maokai has the slight edge (Yasuo wins 49.05%), though it stays close.
Yasuo 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 (duel spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.
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