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Swain vs Teemo

Top Lane Matchup

Swain vs Teemo TOP matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you lose the short poke war because Teemo outranges your W and E significantly, and his Q blind makes your auto-attack trades unreliable — however, if you land W root at level 2 or 3, you can force a full combo that chunks him heavily since he has no escape.
Post-6, your R fundamentally changes the matchup: you become nearly unkillable in sustained fights, and if you can force an extended trade with R active, Teemo's damage output cannot match your healing, making you the clear winner in any prolonged engagement.

Your best trading pattern is to bait Teemo into using Q by walking up as if to trade, then immediately sidestepping and landing W to root him, followed by E and Q for maximum burst — the key is that W root removes his ability to disengage, which is the only thing that makes his poke pattern safe.
Once R is available, look to all-in him when he's at 60-70% HP, as R sustain combined with your full combo will outdamage his burst before he can kite away.

Let Teemo push the wave into you early and farm safely under tower, as fighting for wave priority in the open exposes you to his poke without a reliable way to engage — use the tower's protection to reduce his ability to freely auto-attack you.
Once you hit level 6, look to slow-push a large wave and either all-in him or roam, as your R makes you a much stronger skirmisher than he is in mid-game fights.

Do not walk up in a straight line to try to land W — Teemo will simply Q you and disengage, leaving you with a missed root, a blind debuff, and no trade won.
Avoid using R defensively when you're already low and out of position; save it for proactive all-ins where you can actually sustain through his damage and force him to burn flash or die.

Created on 09/02/2026

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