Pantheon vs Maokai in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: Don't get baited under his tower — punish him in the open instead. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPPANTHEONthe Unbreakable Spear

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMAOKAIthe Twisted Treant

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Don't get baited

under his tower — that's where he turns the fight on you.

Abuse early

Trade aggressively early and punish him before he gets tanky.

He outscales

Once he's built tanky your kill pressure drops, so make your early lead count.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never dive or chase him under his tower.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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