Trundle vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Trundle against Teemo · 46.06% win rate (241 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Teemo is slightly favoured — Trundle wins 46.06% of 241 games, and Teemo pressures 7 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

He blinds + kites + shrooms your W — build MR, pillar him, duel his blind cooldown.

Track: Teemo's Q — Blinding Dart (7s cooldown). Blinds your bite. Duel when down.

Do

  • Build MR + dodge shrooms
  • Pillar to trap him
  • Duel when his Q is down

Don't

  • Bite into his blind
  • Chase through shrooms
  • Stack pure HP

Runes & build vs Teemo

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Trinity Force (the duel spike)
Then
Sterak's Gage / Spirit Visage
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Conqueror (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Trundle's game plan

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

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoGuerrilla Warfare lets him move Invisible inside brush and open with bonus attack speed — but Blinding Dart is 7s flat against a 3.5s Chomp, so level 1 goes to whoever steps up first, and that is you.
Level 2TeemoAt level 2 Toxic Shot poisons every auto for 4 seconds and Move Quick walks him out of Chomp range — but one hit from you switches that passive speed straight off until he re-earns it.
Level 3TeemoLevel 3 with Q+W+E he can blind, poison and walk out in one sequence. Pillar of Ice is your only disruptor and it is 21s at rank 1, so a telegraphed cast costs you the whole cycle.
Levels 4-5TeemoLevels 4-5 are still Teemo-favoured but Pillar of Ice becomes more threatening — a well-placed pillar behind him forces a slow walk-around that your W movement speed can potentially close, and jungle pressure is your primary win condition here.
Level 6TeemoSubjugate takes little from Teemo's resistance pool, but the same cast is a fifth of his max health as damage and the same again as healing for you — on that health bar it decides the duel. The catch is landing it inside 650 range.
First itemTeemoFirst-item Iceborn Gauntlet puts a Spellblade frost field on the Chomp reset, the one mechanic that sticks to Teemo through Move Quick — but he still opens with the dart, so walk in on its 7-second cooldown rather than on your own.
Two+ itemsTeemoAt two or more items Teemo's shrooms blanket every chokepoint and Toxic Shot scales with AP if he builds it — your sustain cannot keep up with persistent damage across an entire side lane, and Subjugate is worth far more pointed at their frontliner than at 40% of Teemo's resistances.

How to beat Teemo as Trundle: the early game

Level 1 is yours if you take it: Chomp is a flat 3.5s at every rank and Blinding Dart is a flat 7s at every rank, so he can blank one bite, not every bite. From 2 he pulls ahead, because Toxic Shot poisons every auto for 4 seconds and that ticks back more than King's Tribute heals off a dying wave. Do not walk into auto range with the dart available; last-hit at Chomp's 300 range and take the free poke. Your real threat in this window is Pillar of Ice behind him when he over-commits, which is rare — Teemo players step up on your cooldowns, not their own.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Trundle in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

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

Teemo, slightly — Trundle wins 46.06% of 241 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Trundle vs Teemo a skill matchup?

Mostly — Teemo has a small statistical edge (53.94% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Trundle counter Teemo?

No — if anything Teemo has the slight edge (Trundle wins 46.06%), though it stays close.

What runes does Trundle take vs Teemo?

Trundle takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Teemo.

What should Trundle build vs Teemo?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the duel spike) first, then Sterak's Gage / Spirit Visage, with Mercury's Treads.

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