Tryndamere vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Tryndamere against Teemo · 48.95% win rate (1,802 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Teemo is slightly favoured — Tryndamere wins 48.95% of 1,802 games, and Teemo pressures 4 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

His blind kills your autos — W-slow him, build MR.

Track: Teemo's Q — Blinding Dart (7s cooldown). Blinds your crit-autos. Fight when down.

Do

  • Build MR + dodge shrooms
  • W to slow him
  • Crit when his blind is down

Don't

  • Auto into his blind
  • Chase through shrooms
  • Let him kite you

Runes & build vs Teemo

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Stridebreaker (stick through the kite)
Then
Infinity Edge
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Tryndamere's game plan

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

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillEven at L1 — it's a skill check on trading around his Q blind and poison.
Level 2TeemoEven at L2 — Teemo pokes with Toxic Shot but can't kill you; the lane stays a blind-timing check.
Level 3TeemoEven at L3 — his Q is threatening but baitable; even trades if you respect the blind.
Levels 4-5Even / skillTeemo favours 4-5 — Blinding Dart cancels your all-in and his movespeed kites the follow-up.
Level 6TeemoEven at L6 — Undying Rage buys a kill window that offsets his shroom and blind control.
First itemEven / skillTeemo favours first item — item power ramps his blind uptime and poke to kite your commits.
Two+ itemsTeemoTeemo favours 2+ items — his shroom network and on-demand blind out-scale your splitpush DPS.

How to beat Teemo as Tryndamere: the early game

Levels 1-2 are a skill check — Teemo will try to Q-blind and poke with Toxic Shot on every last-hit, so trade only when his Q is down and don't let his poison stack you out of lane.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Tryndamere in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Tryndamere 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 Tryndamere vs Teemo in top lane?

Teemo, slightly — Tryndamere wins 48.95% of 1,802 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Tryndamere vs Teemo a skill matchup?

Mostly — Teemo has a small statistical edge (51.05% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Tryndamere counter Teemo?

No — if anything Teemo has the slight edge (Tryndamere wins 48.95%), though it stays close.

What runes does Tryndamere take vs Teemo?

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

What should Tryndamere build vs Teemo?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Stridebreaker (stick through the kite) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.

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