# Maokai Counters Who counters Maokai? Best and worst picks against Maokai by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Maokai in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) ## Page Content [Maokai guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) [Play against Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/how-to-play-against/) [Maokai counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/counters/) Best and worst picks against Maokai in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Rell, Zilean and Swain beat Maokai most often. Senna, Swain and Pantheon win the laning phase against Maokai by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Maokai Highest win rate versus Maokai in Support. - 1 [Rell](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rell/) 198 games 57.1% - 2 [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) 128 games 57.0% - 3 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 243 games 56.0% - 4 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 105 games 54.3% - 5 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 140 games 52.9% - 6 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 418 games 52.4% - 7 [Soraka](https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/) 197 games 52.3% - 8 [Lulu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lulu/) 435 games 52.2% - 9 [Blitzcrank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/blitzcrank/) 317 games 52.0% - 10 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 337 games 51.6% - 11 [Braum](https://baronbuff.com/champions/braum/) 277 games 51.6% - 12 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 472 games 51.5% ## Worst picks against Maokai Lowest win rate versus Maokai in Support. - 1 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 165 games 40.6% - 2 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 186 games 43.0% - 3 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 149 games 45.6% - 4 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 538 games 45.7% - 5 [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) 653 games 47.6% - 6 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 705 games 47.8% - 7 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 282 games 47.9% - 8 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 259 games 48.6% - 9 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 270 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Maokai Largest gold lead over Maokai at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 107 games +402 - 2 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 130 games +377 - 3 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 127 games +345 - 4 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 226 games +274 - 5 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 241 games +241 - 6 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 295 games +230 - 7 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 113 games +172 - 8 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 105 games +144 - 9 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 294 games +95 - 10 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 125 games +88 - 11 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 380 games +9 ## How to play against Maokai Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Harass from outside Q range and step back before W can drag you into tower. - Crash slow pushes cleanly; diving him without tracking W and passive gives him time to stall. - Clear brush before objectives; walking through uncleared E zones gives him control of river. - Force him to use W defensively before hitting tower, then punish his lack of escape. - Bypass him when his carries are reachable; burning everything into him gives his team time. ## Where Maokai is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Maokai's durability does not translate into fast kills, so teams can bypass him when carries are exposed. - Maokai controls space through brushes and slow roots, making open-ground fights reduce his zone pressure. ## Maokai counters: questions ### Who counters Maokai in Support? At Gold+, Rell (57.1%), Zilean (57.0%) and Swain (56.0%) have the highest win rates against Maokai. ### Who does Maokai counter? Maokai wins most often against Neeko (40.6%), Xerath (43.0%) and Vel'Koz (45.6%). ### Who wins lane against Maokai? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Senna (+402), Swain (+377) and Pantheon (+345) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Maokai. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Senna counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/counters/) - [Swain counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)