- Win Rate
- 0%
- Pick Rate
- 0%
- Ban Rate
- 0.3%
Maokai How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes
- Patch
- 26.20
- Matches
- 4,021,950
- Lane
- Bot
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 19, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
How to play Maokai in Patch 26.20, built from ranked games: power spikes, the lane plan, how leads convert, and the habits that separate Maokai wins from losses.
Maokai Mid and Late Game
What Maokai does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.
Play to these strengths
- Maokai brings crowd control (percentile 99): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
- Maokai out-wards most champions (percentile 84): keep owning vision around the next objective.
- Maokai soaks damage well (percentile 82): stand between the enemy and your carries.
- Maokai wins 13.3 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.
Mistakes to avoid
- Maokai is not a damage carry (14/100): don't take fights expecting Maokai to win them alone.
Playing Maokai
- Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
- Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
- Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Playing Against Maokai
- Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dange
- The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
- Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
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How to Play Maokai FAQ - Patch 26.20
How do you play Maokai Bot?
From this patch's ranked data, Maokai wins by playing to these strengths: start fights with crowd control; control vision; front-line for your carries.