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Teemo
Patch 16.3.1
TopDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Win lane by denying the enemy top laner farm and XP. Transition into a split-push threat that cannot be caught because the surrounding jungle is filled with . Force the enemy to send multiple people to deal with you while your team takes objectives.
Playstyle
Ranged lane bully and vision control specialist. You win by making the enemy top laner's life miserable through poke and then turning the jungle into a minefield.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + allows for relentless harass against melee champions without consuming mana
- + completely shuts down auto-attack reliant carries like Jax, Tryndamere, or ADCs
- + provides unparalleled map control and can stop ganks before they even reach your lane
- + allows for potent lane ambushes and safe scouting near objectives
Weaknesses
- -Extremely fragile and lacks any hard crowd control or dashes to escape a focused dive
- - is a relatively weak mobility tool compared to modern champion gap-closers
- -Heavily countered by Oracle Lens and Control Wards which deactivate
- -Low impact in 5v5 front-to-back teamfights if the enemy team has a strong frontline
Abilities
Stay still for 1.5s to go invisible. In brush, you can move around while invisible. Use the Attack Speed buff from when exiting stealth to win early level 1 trades or cheese the enemy at their buff.
Your primary defensive tool. Do not waste for poke if the enemy has an engage tool ready. Save it to blind them when they jump on you to negate their main damage window.
Passive movement speed that is lost when hit. Activate to double the bonus and prevent it from being removed by damage. Use this to kite back or chase down a fleeing target after they hit a shroom.
The reason you are a lane bully. Every auto-attack applies a DoT. Max first to maximize your poke damage. It makes last hitting easier and forces the enemy to buy sustain.
Your signature tool. Place in high-traffic chokepoints, lane brushes, and river entrances. You can bounce a mushroom off another to increase the throw range, which is great for checking brushes or aiding teamfights from a distance.
Teamfight Role
Anti-Carry and Zone Controller
In teamfights, stay in the backline. Use on the enemy ADC or Master Yi/Jax to negate their damage. Toss into the middle of the enemy formation to disrupt their movement and apply Liandry's burns.
If you are very far ahead, you can use to sit in a side lane and assassinate the enemy squishies as they rotate to catch waves.
Combos
Standard Poke
Auto -> -> Auto
The fastest way to proc Press the Attack or Electrocute. Lead with an auto, cancel the animation with , and follow up with one more auto as they are blinded.
The Ambush
(Wait) -> Auto -> -> Auto -> -> Auto
Sit in a lane brush or near a low-HP minion. When they walk up, reveal yourself to gain the AS buff from , then unload your rotation. Use to stay in range as they try to flee.
The Kite-Back
(Away) -> (At feet) -> (On target)
When jumped on, use to create distance, drop directly where the enemy is walking, and use to stop their auto-attack damage while the poison ticks.
Long Range Shroom
-> (On top of first)
Throw one down, then throw a second one onto it. The second shroom will bounce forward. Use this to safely plant vision or slow enemies from outside their engage range.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | With , your auto-attacks deal significantly more damage than almost any other top laner, allowing you to zone immediately. |
| Level 3 | You have access to for safety and for kiting, making it much harder for the enemy to punish your poke. |
| Level 6 | unlocks. You can now protect yourself from ganks and clear waves much faster. |
| Level 11 | Increased shroom recharge rate and damage. This is when you can realistically start taking over the enemy jungle with vision. |
| Level 16 | Massive cast range on allows you to throw mushrooms into the middle of teamfights or onto the enemy backline easily. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Place on the corners of brushes rather than the center; players tend to hug the edges when walking through.
- •You can use to blind a cannon minion to prevent the enemy from getting a last hit under turret.
- • invisibility is not broken by taking damage, only by moving, attacking, or being CC'd. You can sit in a shroom field while being hit by skillshots.
- •Bounce over walls to scout objectives like Baron or Dragon without having to walk into face-check range.
- •The passive of is only lost when hit by champions or towers. Minion aggro does not slow you down, making it great for early trades.
- •Save one charge of at all times in case a fight breaks out so you can bounce it into the enemy team.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using for poke against engage champions→As soon as is on cooldown, champions like Irelia or Pantheon will jump on you and kill you because you cannot blind their autos.
- ✕Placing all in the same spot→The damage and slow from do not stack; you only refresh the duration. Spreading them out maximizes total damage.
- ✕Pushing without shrooming the river/tri-brush→Teemo is extremely easy to gank if he has no vision. Without protection, you are a free kill for any jungler.
- ✕Neglecting the Attack Speed from →You lose a massive amount of early game DPS. Always try to initiate a trade after sitting still for 1.5s to get those extra autos in.
- ✕Trying to front-line in teamfights→You will get deleted by any stray CC. You must play like an ADC—stay at max range and only walk up when it's safe.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.3.1 • Generated