How to win lane as Yone against Maokai · 47.42% win rate (1,280 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his root — Q3-W poke his low-threat body.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Dodge it.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
This is Yone's own plan; across 1,280 pooled games the lane is leaning Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | Maokai has no level-1 kill threat while your Q dash trades freely. |
| Level 2 | Yone | At 2 his Twisted Advance root turns any step-up into a full combo. |
| Level 3 | Yone | Level 3 is his: root, knockback and saplings all chain together. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | Levels 4-5 remain yours — you out-trade every windowed engage. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 you dodge Nature's Grasp and hold priority to roam. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is a coin-flip — his health beats your item spike. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Late, Yone stays a threat by dodging his root and outplaying him. |
Maokai brings real pressure once Twisted Advance is up — he is untargetable through the dash and roots you on arrival, and Bramble Smash knocks you out of your own Q3 every 7s. Sapling Toss zones the wave from 1100 range. Level 1 is yours before he has the root; after that take safe CS, stay outside 525, and never step up with the jungler unaccounted for.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yone 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 — Yone wins 47.42% of 1,280 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Maokai has a small statistical edge (52.58% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Maokai has the slight edge (Yone wins 47.42%), though it stays close.
Yone 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 (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.
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