Volibear vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Volibear against Teemo · 44.94% win rate (928 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Teemo is favoured — Volibear wins only 44.94% of 928 games. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

His blind shuts your bite and the poke kites your Q-flip. Build MR, farm near tower, and bring your jungler.

Track: Teemo's Q — Blinding Dart (7s cooldown). Negates your autos. All-in when down.

Do

  • Build MR + dodge shrooms
  • Q-stun when his Q is down
  • W-bite to out-sustain

Don't

  • Auto into his blind
  • Chase through shrooms
  • Fight while blinded

Runes & build vs Teemo

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Sundered Sky (the all-in sustain spike)
Then
Spirit Visage
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Precision: Triumph, Legend: Haste · Shards: Health Scaling, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Volibear's game plan

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

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is a skill matchup: reach melee before his blind and you win, eat a Blinding Dart and you lose the trade.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 favours Teemo because Q blind negates your Passive autos and W bleed while his poke chunks you.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays Teemo's as his auto-kite and E Toxic Shot out-trade your inability to close.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevel 4 remains Teemo-favoured while the blind cooldown keeps shutting off your all-in.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 flips to you because R Stormbringer closes the gap and Q-stun lands through the blind.
First itemEven / skillFirst item returns to Teemo as Move Quick, item power, and shroom zoning restore his kite.
Two+ itemsTeemoTwo-plus items favour you because your bruiser HP soaks his DoT and your engage outscales his poke.

How to beat Teemo as Volibear: the early game

Level 1 is a skill matchup: if you get in melee before he has Q blind and stack your Passive, you win the trade, but a single Blinding Dart flips it. Play cagey, last-hit safely, and don't walk into his E Toxic Shot poke for free — his early lane is much stronger than yours.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Volibear in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Volibear 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 Volibear vs Teemo in top lane?

Teemo — Volibear wins only 44.94% of 928 games, so Volibear plays this as the disadvantaged side.

Is Volibear vs Teemo a skill matchup?

Not really — Teemo holds a real statistical advantage (55.06% win rate), so Volibear is the one working uphill.

Does Volibear counter Teemo?

No — Teemo counters Volibear (Volibear wins only 44.94% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.

What runes does Volibear take vs Teemo?

Volibear takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Teemo.

What should Volibear build vs Teemo?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Sundered Sky (the all-in sustain spike) first, then Spirit Visage, with Mercury's Treads.

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