How to win lane as Teemo against Darius · 49.87% win rate (2,348 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Blind his autos — kite his pull, shroom + poke.
Track: Darius's E — Apprehend (26–16s cooldown). His all-in start. Blind + kite after it.
Read from Teemo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Darius.
This is Teemo's own plan; across 2,348 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Blinding Dart at Level 1 makes Darius's auto-trade pattern nonfunctional, but blind stops basic attacks only — Decimate (Q) still lands, still applies Hemorrhage and still heals him off the blade. |
| Level 2 | Teemo | He picks up Crippling Strike (W) at Level 2 but still has no gap-close — keep poison ticking with E autos and Q any auto attempt; your poke lead compounds. |
| Level 3 | Teemo | Apprehend (E) comes online at Level 3 and is his first real kill threat, but rank 1 costs him 26 seconds and has a visible windup — W away as the animation starts and he cannot stick to you again for 26s. |
| Levels 4-5 | Teemo | Q is only rank 2-3 here, but shrooms now cover both tribush entrances; he has no safe approach vector, and every auto trade he starts eats a Blind plus a DoT stack. |
| Level 6 | Teemo | Noxious Trap placements on every approach path make a Level 6 all-in a slow-and-reveal death march for Darius — he can only reach you by burning Flash into a pre-poisoned zone. |
| First item | Teemo | Liandry's Torment DoT burns through his Grasp-stacked HP bar on every mushroom step and every Toxic Shot auto, turning his bulk into a liability rather than a lane tool. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Darius is a teamfight juggernaut and you are a splitpusher — the stage is Skill because your individual 1v1 still favors you but his team presence and Stridebreaker active begin to close the gap if he ever reaches you. |
Level 1 is yours outright — Blinding Dart erases Darius's auto-based trading pattern before he has an answer to it. But blind only stops basic attacks: Decimate (Q) still swings, still bleeds and still heals off the blade, so never stand in the blade zone. Auto him once, Q the moment he steps to retaliate, and walk out. The only thing that kills you before Level 3 is walking into Apprehend range on his terms, so keep the wave in the center of lane and poke from maximum distance.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Teemo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Teemo vs Darius 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.87% win rate over 2,348 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Teemo vs Darius is a genuine skill matchup: 49.87% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Teemo vs Darius win rate is 49.87%, an even lane decided by execution.
Teemo takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Darius.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Nashor's Tooth (on-hit poison) first, then Liandry's Torment, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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