Sett vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Sett against Teemo · 50.5% win rate (2,186 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: A genuine skill matchup — 50.5% win rate over 2,186 games, decided window to window rather than at champion select.

At a glance

W-tank the blind poke, pull him in with E, and your true-damage W deletes the squishy yordle once you're in range.

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

Do

  • Build MR + dodge shrooms
  • E-stun when his Q is down
  • All-in his blind window

Don't

  • Auto into his blind
  • Chase through shrooms
  • Stack pure HP

Runes & build vs Teemo

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back
Phage / Tiamat + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Stridebreaker (stick to them through the W panel window)
Then
Sterak's Gage (Maw if his magic burst is the problem)
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 Sett's game plan

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

This is Sett's own plan; across 2,186 pooled games the lane is even.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoLevel 1 Teemo's Blinding Dart shuts off your auto trades.
Level 2TeemoLevel 2 he keeps poking with Q and Toxic Shot while kiting.
Level 3SettQ-speed plus E lets you finally catch and burst him.
Levels 4-5SettLevels 4-5 any pull onto squishy Teemo wins the trade.
Level 6SettAt 6 The Show Stopper closes 400 units through the blind.
First itemSettOne bruiser item lets you two-shot him on contact.
Two+ itemsSettAt 2+ items your gap-close lethality out-scales his poke.

How to beat Teemo as Sett: the early game

Teemo owns levels 1-2 — Blinding Dart shuts off your autos and Q while Toxic Shot and Move Quick let him poke and skitter away before you can commit.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Sett in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Sett 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 Sett vs Teemo in top lane?

Nobody on paper — a 50.5% win rate over 2,186 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.

Is Sett vs Teemo a skill matchup?

Yes — Sett vs Teemo is a genuine skill matchup: 50.5% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.

Does Sett counter Teemo?

No hard counter either way — the Sett vs Teemo win rate is 50.5%, an even lane decided by execution.

What runes does Sett take vs Teemo?

Sett 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 Sett build vs Teemo?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Phage / Tiamat + boots (≈1300g). Build Stridebreaker (stick to them through the W panel window) first, then Sterak's Gage (Maw if his magic burst is the problem), with Mercury's Treads.

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