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Teemo Guide

the Swift Scout

Marksman

Mage

Tier C Top

Teemo, the Swift Scout, is a marksman and mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 551 analysed ranked games, Teemo is mostly played in Top (91% of its games), with a 48.8% win rate in that role: tier C among Top champions (#42 of 51, ranked by win rate). Teemo's damage is mostly magic (78%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 51.8% in short games (under 25 min, 137 games) versus 46.7% in long games (over 35 min).

Averages measured over 504 Top games played with Teemo, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Teemo is a harassment marksman-mage: his passive makes him invisible indefinitely if he stands still, and in tall grass he can move while staying invisible. Blinding Dart blinds, Move Quick speeds him up, Toxic Shot poisons for 4 seconds, and Noxious Trap places mushrooms that slow and damage.

Harassment

Q › AA AA › AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Blinding Dart deals damage and blinds; your attacks poison the target for 4 seconds.

The ambush

W › AA AA › Q

When: You are coming out of tall grass.

Leave your invisibility to benefit from the Element of Surprise (attack speed raised for a few seconds), then blind and attack.

Area control

R › R

When: Enemies are approaching a chokepoint.

Noxious Trap throws a mushroom: if an enemy steps on it, a poison cloud slows and damages them; thrown onto another mushroom, it bounces with more range.

Laning phase

Blind with Blinding Dart to stop your opponent from attacking you. When you leave invisibility, your Element of Surprise raises your attack speed.

Common mistakes

• Staying visible when you could hide.
• Placing mushrooms without hiding them.
• Ignoring the Element of Surprise: it is your damage window.

Riot's official tips for playing Teemo

• Teemo's mushrooms can be used to farm creep waves very effectively.
• Place your mushrooms at key locations on the map, such as by the Dragon or Baron Nashor, to reveal when your enemies might be attempting to kill them.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Statikk Shiv, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment (143 games, 52.4% win rate).

Statikk Shiv+Malignance+Liandry's Torment

143 games · 52.4%

Malignance+Shadowflame+Liandry's Torment

44 games · 40.9%

Statikk Shiv+Shadowflame+Liandry's Torment

44 games · 50.0%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite49.0% · 465 games

Exhaust + Flash55.6% · 18 games

Most-played runes

Press the Attack + Resolve

45.2% · 179 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph62%

Legend: Alacrity100%

Last Stand76%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating93%

Overgrowth84%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force90%

Health scaling72%

Press the Attack + Sorcery

52.4% · 168 games

Primary tree · Precision

Absorb Life49%

Legend: Alacrity99%

Cut Down56%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Celerity74%

Nimbus Cloak54%

Shards

Attack speed97%

Adaptive force86%

Health scaling64%

Press the Attack + Domination

46.7% · 30 games

Primary tree · Precision

Absorb Life43%

Legend: Alacrity100%

Cut Down70%

Secondary tree · Domination

Ultimate Hunter100%

Taste of Blood43%

Shards

Attack speed97%

Adaptive force97%

Health scaling60%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Teemo's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team49.7% · 163 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Statikk Shiv 48.7%

Liandry's Torment 49.0%

Malignance 57.9% ▲

Dusk and Dawn 50.0%

Shadowflame 54.2%

Nashor's Tooth 54.5%

The item that stands out most is Malignance: 57.9% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team41.5% · 118 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Statikk Shiv 39.3% ▼

Liandry's Torment 52.6%

Malignance 47.5% ▼

Nashor's Tooth 52.9%

Dusk and Dawn 31.2%

Shadowflame 53.3%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team52.0% · 223 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Statikk Shiv 55.2% ▲

Liandry's Torment 50.9%

Malignance 52.2%

Shadowflame 44.4% ▼

Dusk and Dawn 55.9% ▲

Nashor's Tooth 40.9%

The item that stands out most is Dusk and Dawn: 55.9% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Teemo in Top

Garen Teemo: 50.0%16 games

Garen has the edge in 50% of the 16 Top duels against Teemo. See the Garen guide.

Who Teemo is strong against

Garen50.0% · 16 games

How to play against Teemo

• Teemo's Toxic Shot punishes players who get hit and back out, so stay at a safe range until you're ready to commit.
• It can be valuable to use Oracle's Lens(Trinket) to destroy mushrooms around key locations.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Teemo's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveGuerrilla Warfare

If Teemo stands still and takes no actions for a short duration, he becomes Invisible indefinitely. If he's in brush, Teemo can enter and maintain his Invisibility while moving. After leaving Invisibility, Teemo gains the Element of Surprise, increasing his Attack Speed for a few seconds.

QBlinding Dart

Obscures an enemy's vision with a powerful venom, dealing damage to the target unit and blinding it for the duration.

WMove Quick

Teemo scampers around, passively increasing his Move Speed until he is struck by an enemy champion or turret. Teemo can sprint to gain bonus Move Speed that isn't stopped by being struck for a short time.

EToxic Shot

Each of Teemo's attacks will poison the target %i:OnHit% On-Hit, dealing damage on impact and each second after for 4 seconds.

RNoxious Trap

Teemo throws an explosive poisonous trap using one of the mushrooms stored in his pack. If an enemy steps on the trap, it will release a poisonous cloud, slowing enemies and damaging them over time. If Teemo throws a mushroom onto another mushroom it will bounce, gaining additional range.

Frequently asked questions

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