How to win lane as Irelia against Teemo · 52.93% win rate over 769 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Teemo blinds your Bladesurge autos and kites with Toxic Shot and move speed, and you have no E-stun yet — last-hit with Q-resets and concede the window. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | W (Defiant Dance) lets you soak his poison poke with the damage reduction, but you still can't punish a ranged kiter from melee range — it's a wash. |
| Level 3 | Irelia | E (Flawless Duet) lands a stun he cannot kite, and a Bladesurge reset off it locks an escape-less Teemo in place for the first time. |
| Levels 4-5 | Irelia | Your passive on-hit is stacking and cooldowns tighten — bait the blind, then E-Q-W through it and out-trade his poke. |
| Level 6 | Irelia | Vanguard's Edge walls off his retreat so his move-speed kite has nowhere to go — your premier all-in and dive window. |
| First item | Irelia | Your Trinity Force spike gives near-permanent reset uptime and on-hit shred, making you a lane tyrant through a single blind timer. |
| Two+ items | Irelia | You out-DPS the squishy ranged duel once you reach him; close out towers and objectives before his shrooms and splitpush become the real threat. |
Teemo's Blinding Dart (Q) is the whole problem early — it negates your Bladesurge autos and on-hit damage, so don't dash a Q in just to eat a blind and walk home poisoned by Toxic Shot. Levels 1-2 you concede the window: last-hit with the tail of Q-resets off the wave and take W (Defiant Dance) to soak his poke with the damage reduction. At 3 you get E (Flawless Duet) — your first real answer, two blades for a stun he cannot kite once you land it into a Q-reset.
The full Irelia 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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