How to win lane as Teemo against Aatrox · 52.18% win rate over 1,100 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Blinding Shot at level 1 cancels Aatrox's Q auto-attack portion entirely, removing the damage and passive healing he expects from the first trade — poke before he can even reach sweetspot range. |
| Level 2 | Teemo | He has E now and can close the gap before your W fires; bait the dash with a half-step, then immediately W out and reapply Toxic Shot stacks on the way back. |
| Level 3 | Teemo | Full kit online for him but your Q cooldown already covers every trade window; his W chain-pull only connects if he has already stuck to you with Q, which the blind prevents. |
| Levels 4-5 | Teemo | Max-rank Q blind cycles fast enough to cover almost every trade he initiates, and Toxic Shot stacks drain his passive healing faster than it regenerates — zone him off waves with mushrooms in the tribush. |
| Level 6 | Teemo | His R amps healing and grants a revive window; never all-in a low-HP Aatrox at 6 — let Toxic Shot DoT and a mushroom finish the job while you W to safety. |
| First item | Teemo | Liandry's percent-HP burn stacks on top of Toxic Shot, cutting straight through his drain-bruiser sustain; a shroomed side lane makes every plate dive suicidal for him. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | A fed Aatrox with Eclipse can one-shot you if your Q is on cooldown and his R is active — keep mushrooms staggered at choke points so his E dash into them buys you the blind window you need. |
Level 1 is yours outright — Blinding Shot at range before Aatrox can even step up for his first Q swing. He needs his autos to proc his passive healing, and you are flatly removing that healing by cancelling those autos. Take Q first, poke him off every second melee minion, and never walk up close enough for him to land Q1 without the dash. At level 2 he gets his E, which is his first real threat — he can now close gap before your W fires. Stay beyond his E range, bait the dash with a short step-in, then immediately W out and re-poke with Toxic Shot on the way back. Level 3 changes nothing for him in this matchup; your Q cooldown is short enough to reliably blind every trade he tries to initiate, and his W chain-pull only lands if he has already stuck to you with Q.
The full Teemo vs Aatrox 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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