Darius vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Darius against Teemo · 50.13% win rate (2,348 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: A genuine skill matchup — 50.13% win rate over 2,348 games, decided window to window rather than at champion select.

At a glance

His blind shuts your Q-W and the poke kites your E. Build MR, freeze near tower, and bring your jungler.

Track: Teemo's Q — Blinding Dart (7s cooldown). Negates your autos. Pull when down.

Do

  • Pull when his Q blind is down
  • Bleed him fast
  • Dodge shrooms

Don't

  • Auto into his blind
  • Chase through shrooms
  • Let him free-poke

Runes & build vs Teemo

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back
Tiamat / Phage + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Stridebreaker (the stickiness fix — run-downs become lethal)
Then
Sterak's Gage (Maw of Malmortius if his burst is magic)
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Conqueror (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Darius's game plan

Read from Darius's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Teemo.

This is Darius's own plan; across 2,348 pooled games the lane is even.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoBlinding Dart's 680 range shuts down your Hemorrhage autos at level 1, so Teemo wins the opener.
Level 2TeemoAt two Move Quick keeps him kiting outside your reach, extending his lead.
Level 3TeemoAt three Apprehend's 535 still sits inside Blinding Dart's 680.
Levels 4-5DariusLevels 4-5 flip it: a landed pull strips Move Quick's passive speed and he cannot leave.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is even: Guillotine ignores his blind, but shrooms keep you off him.
First itemDariusFirst item favours you — Stridebreaker sticks through Move Quick and a landed pull ends him before the blind matters.
Two+ itemsDariusBy two-plus items a landed Apprehend plus Mercury's Treads wins the duel, so it tilts back when you connect.

How to beat Teemo as Darius: the early game

Levels 1-3 Teemo owns you — Blinding Dart from 680 neuters your autos and Move Quick keeps him outside Apprehend's 535, so farm and eat the poke.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Darius in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Darius's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Darius vs Teemo 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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Common questions

Who wins Darius vs Teemo in top lane?

Nobody on paper — a 50.13% win rate over 2,348 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.

Is Darius vs Teemo a skill matchup?

Yes — Darius vs Teemo is a genuine skill matchup: 50.13% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.

Does Darius counter Teemo?

No hard counter either way — the Darius vs Teemo win rate is 50.13%, an even lane decided by execution.

What runes does Darius take vs Teemo?

Darius takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Teemo.

What should Darius build vs Teemo?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Tiamat / Phage + boots (≈1300g). Build Stridebreaker (the stickiness fix — run-downs become lethal) first, then Sterak's Gage (Maw of Malmortius if his burst is magic), with Mercury's Treads.

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