Teemo vs Cho'Gath — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Teemo against Cho'Gath · 54.09% win rate over 501 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: A genuine skill matchup — the favour swings window to window (2 apiece of the 7 stages). Teemo wins 54.09% of games vs Cho'Gath in top lane (501 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Cho'GathCho'Gath's Rupture knockup is online at Level 1 and you have no blind or escape yet — stand behind minions and give no angle for Q to land.
Level 2Cho'GathFeral Scream silence (W) plus Rupture follow-up at Level 2 can combo you before Blinding Shot cancels his autos — he owns the all-in even though you have Q now.
Level 3Even / skillWith both Blinding Shot and Toxic Shot online you can start the poke loop, but Rupture still threatens you — trade only on its cooldown and call it a skill window.
Levels 4-5Even / skillBlinding Shot max rank and expanding mushroom coverage make his forward steps costly, but Cho'Gath's Feral Scream silence still punishes overcommits — respect his pattern and bank small leads.
Level 6TeemoYour mushroom net covers both sides of the river and every tribush; Cho'Gath cannot walk up without stepping on three shrooms first, and Blinding Shot blanks his trade if he does get through.
First itemTeemoLiandry's Torment burn stacks on every poison tick and mushroom hit — his entire Feast HP pool becomes a liability rather than a shield and you freely punish him in the sidelane.
Two+ itemsEven / skillCho'Gath at full tank items and 6+ Feast stacks has a true-damage execute (R) that deletes you from range and HP you cannot race in a short trade — split behind your shroom net and never let him land Q-W.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 and 2 are the danger window — Cho'Gath's Rupture knockup is telegraphed but lethal if it connects, and Feral Scream silence stops you from blinding him out of the follow-up auto burst. Stand behind your minions constantly: Rupture's ground indicator cannot reach you through a wave, and you can freely poison him from max E range while he farms. Never auto-walk toward him at Level 1 fishing for a trade — if Rupture clips you, you die or burn Flash. Once you hit Level 2 and have Blinding Shot available, you can trade on his Rupture cooldown (around 9 seconds early), but only if you are certain Rupture is down and you have W ready to escape his Feral Scream silence window.

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The full Teemo vs Cho'Gath 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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