Teemo vs Warwick — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Teemo against Warwick · 52.03% win rate (665 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Teemo is slightly favoured — 52.03% win rate over 665 games.

At a glance

Blind his on-hit — anti-heal, shroom-kite his R.

Track: Warwick's R — Infinite Duress (110–70s cooldown). His all-in suppress. Blind + kite it.

Do

  • Blind (Q) his on-hit autos
  • Anti-heal his Q sustain
  • Shroom-kite his R

Don't

  • Get R-suppressed
  • Fight without anti-heal
  • Get stuck in melee

Runes & build vs Warwick

Start
Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions
First back
Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing
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 Warwick.

This is Teemo's own plan; across 665 pooled games the lane is leaning Teemo.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoWarwick's level-1 walk-up is basic attacks — Blinding Dart kills those and the Eternal Hunger on-hit riding them, handing you the free poke tone.
Level 2TeemoQ-blind plus Toxic Shot (E) poison means every trade he attempts costs him HP and lands him zero autos; he cannot short-trade his way out of this window.
Level 3TeemoQ is near max rank — run the poke loop freely, but Jaws of the Beast is a cast Blind cannot stop, so hold 365+ units and treat 50% HP as your hard stop.
Levels 4-5Even / skillBoth level 6 spikes land here and the lane swings to Skill: your shrooms expand zone control while his Infinite Duress (R) goes live and negates your Blind on any all-in he commits.
Level 6Even / skillWith Infinite Duress active you cannot safely all-in unless his R is confirmed down — camouflage (passive) and mushroom-warded escape routes become your equalizer if he plays patient.
First itemEven / skillOblivion Orb into Nashor's Tooth cuts his Jaws of the Beast (Q) healing and poison DoT starts sticking through his passive sustain — but he matches this spike with his own first item bruiser power.
Two+ itemsEven / skillBoth champions scale into strong split-push or teamfight tools and neither side has a clean 1v1 win condition against a healthy opponent — the matchup stays even by lane-end and is decided by who uses their R window better.

How to beat Warwick as Teemo: the early game

At level 1 you have the clearest edge in the game: Warwick's walk-up damage is basic attacks, and one Blinding Dart (Q) erases that window along with the Eternal Hunger on-hit riding it. Walk up on every last-hit he goes for, land the auto-poison stack from Toxic Shot (E), and blind him the instant he tries to trade back. Two things break that plan. Jaws of the Beast (Q) is a targeted lunge, not an auto — Blind does nothing to it and it heals him for max-health damage — so step outside 365 units after you blind. And his passive heals hardest below 50% HP, so a poked-down Warwick gets harder to finish, not easier: do not all-in a low Warwick at level 1-2 without Ignite. Buy Oblivion Orb first back.

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 Warwick 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 Warwick in top lane?

Teemo, slightly — a 52.03% win rate edge over 665 games; execution can flip it.

Is Teemo vs Warwick a skill matchup?

Mostly — Teemo has a small statistical edge (52.03% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Teemo counter Warwick?

Not a hard counter — Teemo has a slight edge (52.03% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Teemo take vs Warwick?

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 Warwick.

What should Teemo build vs Warwick?

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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