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Playing Against Teemo

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Patch 16.2.1

What They Do

A pesky ranged bully who specializes in attrition. He uses to burn your health down with poison and to shut down any attempt at an auto-attack based trade. Post-6, he turns the top lane into a minefield with .

Abilities (What to Watch For)

Ability	What You'll See	What It Means For You
	He vanishes after standing still or while in a brush.	He can wait in ambush indefinitely. After breaking stealth, he gets a massive Attack Speed buff from , so don't face-check bushes when he is missing.
	A green blowdart projectile.	The Blind. While active, your auto-attacks deal zero damage and miss. If your kit relies on basic attacks, you must wait out the duration before using your main abilities.
	He scampers with a little dust cloud behind him.	Passive movement speed that is lost when he takes damage. The active part of gives him a burst of speed that isn't stopped by damage, making him hard to stick to.
	Purple poison bubbles over your character.	Passive on-hit poison. Every auto-attack he lands deals instant magic damage plus a 4-second burn. This is why he wins long, drawn-out poke wars.
	Small green mushrooms on the ground.	Invisible traps that slow and deal heavy damage over time. He can bounce them off each other to increase range. Use an Oracle Lens to see and destroy traps.

Respect

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The Blind→If you are playing a champion like Jax or Camille, he will hold specifically for your engage. If you go in while it's up, you lose the trade by default.
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Bush Cheesing with →A good Teemo will sit in the middle of the lane brush. If you walk near it, he gets the Element of Surprise attack speed boost and can ignite/kill you before you can react.
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Objective Choke Points→If he gets to Baron or Dragon 30 seconds early, the area will be saturated with , making it impossible for your team to engage safely.
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Execution via →The poison burn lasts a long time. If you survive a fight with 50 HP, the ticking damage from will likely finish you off anyway.

Punish

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is on cooldown (7-8s)→This is your only real window to all-in. If he uses it to last-hit or poke, jump on him immediately while he can't stop your auto-attacks.
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Passive MS is lost→Tap him with a single spell or minion aggro to disable the passive MS from . This makes him much easier to hit with skillshots.
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Sweeper is active→Activate Oracle Lens and walk directly at him. By clearing the path he's trying to kite you into, he loses his primary defensive layer.
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Pre-6 laning→Teemo is extremely squishy and has no hard CC. If you have a gap-closer, use it early to force him off the wave before he can set up safety zones.

Laning Tips

•Start Doran's Shield and take Second Wind in your runes; it practically heals back the poison damage from .
•Swap to Oracle Lens on your first back. It is mandatory for survival once he hits level 6.
•Stand behind your minions. To hit you with , he has to take minion aggro, which often deals more damage to him than he deals to you early.
•Bait the by walking forward aggressively, then immediately stepping back. Once the dart misses or is wasted, his 'protection' is gone.
•Do not chase him into brushes. He is likely leading you into a cluster of or waiting to go invisible with .
•Merc Treads are high value; they reduce the duration of the blind and the slow.

Teamfight Warning

⚠Never chase Teemo through the jungle without a Sweeper active, or you will die to minefields.
⚠In teamfights, he will try to blind the ADC with . If you are the carry, wait for him to use it on a tank before committing.
⚠Control Wards are your best friend. Drop them in the middle of the fight to reveal any traps he tosses into the melee.
⚠He is a priority target. Because he is immobile, if you can land one hard CC, he will die instantly due to his low base resistances.
⚠Watch for 'Shroom Bouncing.' He can throw a onto another one to bridge the gap and hit your backline from long range.

AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached