Teemo vs Sett — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Teemo against Sett · 49.5% win rate · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Teemo owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Sett's 1, but the win rate still favours Sett: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Teemo wins 49.5% of games vs Sett in top lane.

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoSett's level-1 passive double-punch is his strongest early-trade tool — Blinding Shot already blinds him mid-combo, so you own this window by default.
Level 2TeemoYour level-2 Toxic Shot poison gives you a sustained poke loop: Q to blind, E to stack poison, W to disengage before he absorbs enough hits to build a dangerous grit bar.
Level 3Even / skillSett can now absorb your poison into W grit for a real smash, and his raw HP makes him harder to chunk — the lane is contested and mistakes on either side are punished.
Levels 4-5Even / skillMax-rank Q and your growing mushroom field make approaching you costly, but Sett's natural tankiness means you are chipping rather than bursting him — the lane is genuinely even.
Level 6Even / skillHis R suppresses through your blind and lets him land a full W true-damage dump; your mushroom escape routes are now critical, making this window a skill read on both sides.
First itemTeemoLiandry's DoT burns his grit bar faster than he can trade back, tipping the lane your way — this is the cleanest kill window you will have all game.
Two+ itemsSettSett's durability and team-fight R outpace your split-push pressure in extended games; the EVEN verdict resolves in his favour if you cannot close a lead through side lanes first.

Early game (levels 1–5)

At level 1 Sett wants to walk up and throw his passive double-punch, but Blinding Shot turns the second auto into a whiff and immediately reverses the trade. Auto him once with Toxic Shot poison active, fire Q into his face, and back off with Move Quick before he can respond. He has no gap-close at this stage so every time he steps forward you repeat the pattern. The danger is greed: if you keep autoing after the blind instead of retreating with W he will eventually absorb enough poison into his W grit bar for a damaging smash, so one Q and out is the correct loop.

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The full Teemo vs Sett 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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