Nasus vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Nasus against Teemo · 51.1% win rate over 773 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: A genuine skill matchup — the favour swings window to window (2 apiece of the 7 stages). Nasus wins 51.1% of games vs Teemo in top lane (773 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoHis blind (Q) cancels my Siphoning Strike autoattack and his move speed denies my stacks — at level 1 I have no ult and no Wither, so I just soak Q farm and concede.
Level 2Even / skillEven — I can stack a little with Spirit Fire and my Soul Eater lifesteal out-sustains his single-target poke, but he still kites my autos with the blind.
Level 3Even / skillEven — I get Wither at 3 to punish one overstep or peel a gank, but I still lose extended trades to his poke and can't reliably close the gap.
Levels 4-5TeemoEnemy-favoured — he pokes me with E poison and kites on move speed while I'm shoving and hoarding stacks, and my blinded Q does nothing in a trade.
Level 6NasusMy first real swing: Fury of the Sands plus Wither lets me ult in, gut his move speed, and run down an escape-less Teemo before his blind resets.
First itemNasusSheen/Iceborn empowers my Q and with Wither slowing him a reached Teemo eats a one-Q chunk every time I get on top of him.
Two+ itemsEven / skillEven late — I win every duel I actually reach, but his shrooms zone my splitpush and his poke chips me before I close, so it comes down to vision and map play.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Teemo's blind (Q) is the whole problem early — it lands on my Siphoning Strike autoattack and turns my one big hit into a whiff, so don't throw a Q he can just blind off. The bigger issue is stacks: his move-speed kite and E poison let him deny my CS and last-hits, and a Nasus who can't stack Q is a Nasus doing nothing. Farm with Spirit Fire (E) from range to grab stacks and chip his armor when he pokes me, soak the poison, and lean on my Soul Eater lifesteal to heal it back — his poke can't out-damage my sustain at this stage.

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The full Nasus 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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