Teemo vs Pantheon — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Teemo against Pantheon · 44.86% win rate (1,362 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Pantheon is favoured — Teemo wins only 44.86% of 1,362 games. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Survive his early — blind his autos, shroom + scale.

Track: Pantheon's W — Shield Vault (13–9s cooldown). His all-in start. Blind + kite it.

Do

  • Blind (Q) his autos
  • Kite his W all-in
  • Shroom his approach

Don't

  • Trade into his W stun
  • Sit low for his W execute
  • Fight his early even

Runes & build vs Pantheon

Start
Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Nashor's Tooth (on-hit poison)
Then
Liandry's Torment
Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down · Inspiration: Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Teemo's game plan

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

This is Teemo's own plan; across 1,362 pooled games the lane is Pantheon-favoured.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoPantheon's passive is Mortal Will: every few casts or autos empowers his next spell. Count the stacks — the empowered Comet Spear is the one that hurts.
Level 2TeemoHis Shield Vault stun is point-click but requires walking into range — Toxic Shot + Move Quick lets you punish every step he takes toward you.
Level 3TeemoFull kit online: Aegis Assault blocks only what comes at his front, so step around the channel rather than backing straight off — he cannot win extended poke.
Levels 4-5TeemoMax-rank Blinding Dart with poison stacking hits its peak — he has no reliable gap-close through your Move Quick, and every trade he initiates is on your terms.
Level 6TeemoYour Level 6 spike is primarily defensive here: Noxious Trap mushrooms on river entries and the corridor shut down Grand Starfall ambushes and give you map confidence.
First itemTeemoLiandry's or Nashor's Tooth is online and your poison DoT now threatens his medium HP pool in every trade — mushrooms convert the sidelane into yours alone.
Two+ itemsPantheonEclipse or a lethality item plus a second item means one W-stun into a full empowered Comet Spear burst can kill you outright — play the split carefully and respect the kill range.

How to beat Pantheon as Teemo: the early game

At level 1 Pantheon wants to bully with empowered Comet Spear — walk up, take your E poison stack, and walk out. Do not let him build his Aegis Protection passive for free: poke with autos so he burns the block on a chip auto, then Q-blind the instant he steps in for a real trade. His W (Aegis Assault) is his all-in tool, not his stun — his stun is Shield Vault (W point-click), so the moment you see him step toward you with his passive glowing, pre-fire the blind to invalidate the follow-up auto. Shroom the first tri-bush by level 2 so you always know where the river path is; Pantheon junglers love to path with him early.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Teemo in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Teemo vs Pantheon 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 Teemo vs Pantheon in top lane?

Pantheon — Teemo wins only 44.86% of 1,362 games, so Teemo plays this as the disadvantaged side.

Is Teemo vs Pantheon a skill matchup?

Not really — Pantheon holds a real statistical advantage (55.14% win rate), so Teemo is the one working uphill.

Does Teemo counter Pantheon?

No — Pantheon counters Teemo (Teemo wins only 44.86% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.

What runes does Teemo take vs Pantheon?

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 Pantheon.

What should Teemo build vs Pantheon?

Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Nashor's Tooth (on-hit poison) first, then Liandry's Torment, with Sorcerer's Shoes.

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