gives absurd damage and thus lane pressure. Through ignite you can get kills you normally wouldn't be able to get and the ability to 100-0 someone reliably. Pick it on AP Teemo and Support Teemo - You will usually win lane and thus win the game, although you do lose tp pressure (keep that in mind for baron calls).
AD - Kiting:
gives great kiting potential and synergises very well with a beefy and attack speed reliant AD build. I've seen iPav take it and agree that it has excellent uses, both as an aggresive and passive summoner Spell. With it's short cooldown and perfect synergy with , ghost is a fair alternative to ignite on AD Teemo.
(AD) - Split-Push:
gives you a great safety net in case of a hard lane and allows you to follow the enemys roam. However in my opinion it isn't aggressive enough and lowers your pressure on the map. You are better of getting the first blood tower rather than following the enemy. You should only pick this on AD Teemo or in very hard matchups (when inexperienced)
1 and 2 buy: Core for crazy damage and sustain powerspike
3 and 4 buy: Good followup to increase splitpush pressure and to increase dps in teamfights
Ending Items to make crazy late game damage - most games are over before you buy these items
Situational Items
AP - Other Ok items
Dark Seal: Delays Gunblade Powerspike too much, Lichbane: Clunky to get off and not even the best burst item, Banshees, Zhonya, Ludens, Morellos: decent situational items, but I wouldnt know what items to replace them with in the core build
This section will focus only on AP Teemo! The reason for that will be explained later on.
This build is always aplicable, easy to follow and works in every elo. The only reason I don't have Items like Ludens Echo in this build is because I don't want to replace any single Item in here.
As long as you follow this build you shouldnt run into any trouble. You can get into some trouble from Diamond3+, but I do not believe that the majority of the readers here will be in this elo. The way to play this build will be explained in other sections.
The only viable alternative build to this is iPavs AD Teemo in my opinion. If you have a heavy AP comp or you are playing against a very beefy team, his build may be better. I run AD Teemo more than AP in high elo, yet this shouldn't stop you from going this build.
More on whether to go AP or AD in the"Teemo TOP-AD or AP" section!
Get boots, dodge his , him once he goes up to farm or when he Use shrooms to kite him, as he is pretty squishy and cant heal up you should be able to kill him often.
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Ahri
Medium
Buy an early and dodge her at all costs. Use your , where u think she will away. Go for burst over dps.
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Akali
Hard
Punish her early game, buy a , ask for ganks and buy early against her burst, try to her to prevent her own from happening. Use your to find her in or use . She is very good at sticking on you, so dont even consider fighting her without . If she is ahead and you failed to kill her lvl 1-6 then dont. fight. her. Buy shittons of mr and stay alive!
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Anivia
Medium
Punish her early, try to kill her out of tower range because of her passive and dont get combo'd. Buy a and use your mainly to keep up with her wave clear. Be aware of her using to set up ganks for your jungler. If you dont have then dont get close to her!
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Annie
Hard
Poke her with once she comes up to a minion. Dont trade at 6, you cant beat her full combo. Play defensively and hope for ganks, as annie is highly immobile and thus easily beatable with the use of cc, which u urself lack. Get early mr like and hp with as well as a to survive the lane!
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Azir
Hard
Be aggressive early game and avoid his combo at all costs. Try to catch him with your passive and , otherwise just run and and ask for ganks. Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
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Brand
Medium
Be carefull because of his insane combo! He can litteraly one shot you. Push the wave against him and roam around when he is clearing the wave. He is somewhat like annie but definitly beatable, so ask for ganks to get rolling. Get early mr like and hp with as well as a to survive the lane!
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Cho'Gath
Medium
Just dodge his and . Be carefull to not get 1 shot with his and kite him with your . Its a weird lane, where you punish his lack of mobility and bad early game to snowball the lane. If youre behind be rly rly carefull! You can build anything you like in this matchup although if you're behind early should help.
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Darius
Easy
Get and asap and kite him. Definitly max second and dont EVER let him you. If he you, then you are dead. Its a simple skill matchup: If you get hooked, you die, if he doesnt land it, you poke him to death. As he will reach a state of unkillableness at around 30 minutes, consider going a more AS, Splitpush heavy build and keep him from grouping.
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Diana
Medium
Dodge her and kite her. Her burst is scary but its not that hard. Just be careful and avoid ganks, as they mean sure death thanks to her Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
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Dr. Mundo
Easy
Annoying lane. Dodge his and try to kill him before he gets his . Buy an early .
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Ekko
Medium
Dont let him full combo you. him once he goes in and where he will probably initiate. The lane is ok though, he wont have the damage to force you out of lane early game. If youre behind then get early mr like and hp with .
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Elise
Medium
Her combo and full combo is rly scary but otherwise you should be fine. Always dodge her or you die, simple as that. Be aware of her easily beeing able to catch you offguard and run a or get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
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Fiora
Easy
Dont let her your, but otherwise you should be fine. Always harass her when you can and try to avoid letting her you when her passive is in a good spot. Pro tip: if you go out of range of her passive, it resets and will be on your back!
Avoid his at all costs and get agaisnt his poke. This is a skill matchup and depending on your ability to shoot his and properly use your EQE you might win or lose. Grab ignite, as you will be sure to fight a lot. is excellent. He can't outdmg your insane heal.
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Garen
Easy
Nothin to say, dont let him too close and rush . He is easily kitable and no big thread.
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Gnar
Medium
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Gragas
Medium
Be aware of him you into his own tower. He can easily set up ganks and/or 1 shot you. Use your to prevent his and predict his . Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane or just rush damage to outdmg him in a fight.
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Graves
Easy
Although he has a lot of burst you can usually out dmg him and he will be confused, as his auto attacks get majorly fucked up by your . Trade intelligently and buy as your 3rd item, as you will 1v1 a lot. There is a reason he isnt played that much in the top lane though.
Try to kill him early game. Kill his as soon as you can and take to keep up with his split push. Be careful to not die by his ult . Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
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Illaoi
Easy
Abuse your and get . If youre good, you can always dodge everything and her w . If youre bad she will land every spell and you will die. Skill Matchup.
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Irelia
Hard
Try to avoid her 1 shotting you at level 6. Harass her early game and be careful in the mid game. Her + e combo has a high chance of stunning you, so her once she . Grab some early resistances like and then hp with . Grab ignite, you will 1v1 a lot. Now that her CD got nerfed, you definitly have to use that window do call for a gank or to cheese a kill out of her
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Jarvan IV
Medium
Grab some Armor and dodge his . As his entire kit depends on all inning you, a and a gank should be enough to win your lane and then to stomp him for the rest of the game with your .
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Jax
Medium
His early game is crap. You can build multiple different items, all will work against jax. him when he and kite him around a lot with your . Be careful in the lategame as he might just roflstomp you and keep attention to his passive aswell as his 3 aa combo on his .
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Jayce
Hard
Hard counter. High early game dmg so go and . Fight around your shrooms and ask for help. Both ad and ap works against him. Dodge his E Q at all costs or you just always lose lane.
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Karthus
Medium
Dodge his and keep attention to your health because of . Get , early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
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Kassadin
Medium
Harass him early and keep attention to his , dont forget his mana cost gets rly high with some time. Get and build as, as his ap dmg will always out-do yours, so you need consistent trading dmg. If you dont win early his late will fck you up. Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
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Katarina
Easy
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Not much to say, be aware of her beeing able to 1 shot you, get barrier and punish her early. Dont stand next to minions when she .
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Kayle
Hard
Kayle is a better version of Teemo - Or thats how it feels. her every time she goes in and try to kite her. Dont trade if you have to and just farm with your . You can try to all in her with your passive and at level 1-2. Time your burst with her . If you decide to go full burst then u'll have to surprise her out of stealth as she will just easily block all of your dmg.
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Kennen
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Keep track of his stun and trade with him a lot in the early game. Dont let him you or you will lose trades over time. Ward a lot, as he can easily setup ganks.
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LeBlanc
Hard
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like Brand and Annie, keep aware of her cooldowns and ask for help as soon as she initiates you. Get against her all in's and rly stack mr.
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Lissandra
Hard
She can easily setup Ganks and cc you for days. Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Also rush to prevent her cc and to somehow survive. I recommand an as build with the , as the helps kite a lot and the is awesome too.
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Lulu
Hard
She is a rly annoying matchup. Her outbursts you and with her she can easily 1v1 you. Her feels like a better and her passive is more or less a free . Fight early but dont forget minion aggro. Then focus just on pushing out the wave and dont figth her its not going to work. Although she has a lot of utility she lacks hard cc or escapes so a gank might work out. is a rly fun item, which for some reason works a lot (she cant rly clear without the magic damage)
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Malphite
Easy
Farm lane. Nothing happening. Get and and get yourself ready to fight him midgame. Dont let him you, especially if he has and be careful at lvl 6, because of his easy gank setup with his
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Malzahar
Hard
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like all the other short range mages. Avoid him and try to keep up with his pushing.
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Maokai
Easy
Harass him and play super aggro. + are excellent and he will only begin to ruin your life at midgame-lategame. are a must buy.
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Mordekaiser
Easy
him every time he goes close to you with his . Avoid his and farm yourself through. Try to kill him with and your .
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much.
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Pantheon
Hard
One of the hardest matchups.Buy and early game and then buy and with to survive the lane and go an ad-ish build. His passive will fck you up and his entire kit is desinged to screw you over. Try to get farm and call for ganks - you will outscale him.
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Renekton
Medium
when he to prevent the dmg and kite the living hell out of him. Be careful of his burst dmg and rush +.
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Riven
Medium
when she all in you and play around your . BE CAREFUL! She can 1 shot you, so you need to be careful, get early armor and then you will be fine and should be able to 1v1 her just like renekton.
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Rumble
Medium
As his got buffed you should Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Try not to get or to often and beware of ganks. Abuse his passive and poke him down when he is out of position. Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much.
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Ryze
Hard
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. One of the hardest ones i know.
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Shen
Easy
Just like Maokai and Nautilus. Dodge his and splitpush when he to safe someone. I prefer taking for when the jungler comes to stop your splitpush.
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Singed
Easy
Just like all the other tanks. He will annoy you a lot and if he proxy's you cant stop him. Late game he is going to fuck you up, so the game is in his control, not yours. Everything you do wont rly matter but atleast you dont typically lose the lane. You can, if he is bad. Poke the hell out of him and make his life is miserable, but as only one tricks play singed, he is definitly able to annoy you yourself a lot aswell.
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Sion
Medium
Just like all the other tanks. He will annoy you a lot and if he proxy's
you cant stop him. Late game he is going to fuck you up, so the game is
in his control, not yours. Everything you do wont rly matter but
atleast you dont typically lose the lane. Just dodge his Ult at all costs and pop his to deny dmg. Dodging is key and if you are bad at it you might suffer.
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Swain
Hard
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. One of the hardest ones i know. Get and pray he wont screw you up too much.
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Syndra
Hard
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. One of the hardest ones i know.
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Trundle
Medium
This one is actually slightly harder. Just like all the other tanks, he will annoy you a lot and if he proxy's
you cant stop him. Late game he is going to fuck you up, so the game is
in his control, not yours. Everything you do wont rly matter but
atleast you dont typically lose the lane. Still, try to control the lane in the early game and q him when he will deal the most dmg.
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Tryndamere
Easy
Be aware of level 1 all ins, and buy to kite him. He is easily kitable and cant deal dmg because of your , so you shouldnt have any problems. Go and harass the shit out of him.
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Twisted Fate
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. Try to kill him early and expand your lead based on that. prevents so abuse that.
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Urgot
Hard
The bane of my existence. Dodge his or you lose. Nothing you do matters. Rush .
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Veigar
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, you cant do too much. Dont let him Q too much and snowball other lanes, although that might be hard to do. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over.
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Vel'Koz
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. He can poke the hell out of you, so try to avoid as many spells as you can. Rush . Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over.
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Viktor
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over.
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Xerath
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. He can poke the hell out of you, so try to avoid as many spells as you can. Rush . Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. He is very familiar to vel koz and jsut as much of a pain in the ass.
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Yasuo
Medium
Use your because he will through the minions. Dont let him your , time it correctly. Throw a on yourself when he you. Your will prock his passive so time your aa with his passive. Get and aswell as , as they all stack very well against him.
VS
Yorick
Medium
Wohooo Yorick rework! He is no longer one of the hardest counters to Teemo! You can buy anything you want, just be careful about his , he behaves a lot like with his so just poke and zone him a lot.
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Ziggs
Medium
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. He can poke the hell out of you, so try to avoid as many spells as you can. Rush .
Champion
Difficulty
Notes
Aatrox
Get boots, dodge his , him once he goes up to farm or when he Use shrooms to kite him, as he is pretty squishy and cant heal up you should be able to kill him often.
Ahri
Buy an early and dodge her at all costs. Use your , where u think she will away. Go for burst over dps.
Akali
Punish her early game, buy a , ask for ganks and buy early against her burst, try to her to prevent her own from happening. Use your to find her in or use . She is very good at sticking on you, so dont even consider fighting her without . If she is ahead and you failed to kill her lvl 1-6 then dont. fight. her. Buy shittons of mr and stay alive!
Anivia
Punish her early, try to kill her out of tower range because of her passive and dont get combo'd. Buy a and use your mainly to keep up with her wave clear. Be aware of her using to set up ganks for your jungler. If you dont have then dont get close to her!
Annie
Poke her with once she comes up to a minion. Dont trade at 6, you cant beat her full combo. Play defensively and hope for ganks, as annie is highly immobile and thus easily beatable with the use of cc, which u urself lack. Get early mr like and hp with as well as a to survive the lane!
Azir
Be aggressive early game and avoid his combo at all costs. Try to catch him with your passive and , otherwise just run and and ask for ganks. Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
Brand
Be carefull because of his insane combo! He can litteraly one shot you. Push the wave against him and roam around when he is clearing the wave. He is somewhat like annie but definitly beatable, so ask for ganks to get rolling. Get early mr like and hp with as well as a to survive the lane!
Cho'Gath
Just dodge his and . Be carefull to not get 1 shot with his and kite him with your . Its a weird lane, where you punish his lack of mobility and bad early game to snowball the lane. If youre behind be rly rly carefull! You can build anything you like in this matchup although if you're behind early should help.
Darius
Get and asap and kite him. Definitly max second and dont EVER let him you. If he you, then you are dead. Its a simple skill matchup: If you get hooked, you die, if he doesnt land it, you poke him to death. As he will reach a state of unkillableness at around 30 minutes, consider going a more AS, Splitpush heavy build and keep him from grouping.
Diana
Dodge her and kite her. Her burst is scary but its not that hard. Just be careful and avoid ganks, as they mean sure death thanks to her Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
Dr. Mundo
Annoying lane. Dodge his and try to kill him before he gets his . Buy an early .
Ekko
Dont let him full combo you. him once he goes in and where he will probably initiate. The lane is ok though, he wont have the damage to force you out of lane early game. If youre behind then get early mr like and hp with .
Elise
Her combo and full combo is rly scary but otherwise you should be fine. Always dodge her or you die, simple as that. Be aware of her easily beeing able to catch you offguard and run a or get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
Fiora
Dont let her your, but otherwise you should be fine. Always harass her when you can and try to avoid letting her you when her passive is in a good spot. Pro tip: if you go out of range of her passive, it resets and will be on your back!
Avoid his at all costs and get agaisnt his poke. This is a skill matchup and depending on your ability to shoot his and properly use your EQE you might win or lose. Grab ignite, as you will be sure to fight a lot. is excellent. He can't outdmg your insane heal.
Garen
Nothin to say, dont let him too close and rush . He is easily kitable and no big thread.
Gnar
Gragas
Be aware of him you into his own tower. He can easily set up ganks and/or 1 shot you. Use your to prevent his and predict his . Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane or just rush damage to outdmg him in a fight.
Graves
Although he has a lot of burst you can usually out dmg him and he will be confused, as his auto attacks get majorly fucked up by your . Trade intelligently and buy as your 3rd item, as you will 1v1 a lot. There is a reason he isnt played that much in the top lane though.
Try to kill him early game. Kill his as soon as you can and take to keep up with his split push. Be careful to not die by his ult . Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
Illaoi
Abuse your and get . If youre good, you can always dodge everything and her w . If youre bad she will land every spell and you will die. Skill Matchup.
Irelia
Try to avoid her 1 shotting you at level 6. Harass her early game and be careful in the mid game. Her + e combo has a high chance of stunning you, so her once she . Grab some early resistances like and then hp with . Grab ignite, you will 1v1 a lot. Now that her CD got nerfed, you definitly have to use that window do call for a gank or to cheese a kill out of her
Jarvan IV
Grab some Armor and dodge his . As his entire kit depends on all inning you, a and a gank should be enough to win your lane and then to stomp him for the rest of the game with your .
Jax
His early game is crap. You can build multiple different items, all will work against jax. him when he and kite him around a lot with your . Be careful in the lategame as he might just roflstomp you and keep attention to his passive aswell as his 3 aa combo on his .
Jayce
Hard counter. High early game dmg so go and . Fight around your shrooms and ask for help. Both ad and ap works against him. Dodge his E Q at all costs or you just always lose lane.
Karthus
Dodge his and keep attention to your health because of . Get , early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
Kassadin
Harass him early and keep attention to his , dont forget his mana cost gets rly high with some time. Get and build as, as his ap dmg will always out-do yours, so you need consistent trading dmg. If you dont win early his late will fck you up. Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane!
Katarina
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Not much to say, be aware of her beeing able to 1 shot you, get barrier and punish her early. Dont stand next to minions when she .
Kayle
Kayle is a better version of Teemo - Or thats how it feels. her every time she goes in and try to kite her. Dont trade if you have to and just farm with your . You can try to all in her with your passive and at level 1-2. Time your burst with her . If you decide to go full burst then u'll have to surprise her out of stealth as she will just easily block all of your dmg.
Kennen
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Keep track of his stun and trade with him a lot in the early game. Dont let him you or you will lose trades over time. Ward a lot, as he can easily setup ganks.
LeBlanc
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like Brand and Annie, keep aware of her cooldowns and ask for help as soon as she initiates you. Get against her all in's and rly stack mr.
Lissandra
She can easily setup Ganks and cc you for days. Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Also rush to prevent her cc and to somehow survive. I recommand an as build with the , as the helps kite a lot and the is awesome too.
Lulu
She is a rly annoying matchup. Her outbursts you and with her she can easily 1v1 you. Her feels like a better and her passive is more or less a free . Fight early but dont forget minion aggro. Then focus just on pushing out the wave and dont figth her its not going to work. Although she has a lot of utility she lacks hard cc or escapes so a gank might work out. is a rly fun item, which for some reason works a lot (she cant rly clear without the magic damage)
Malphite
Farm lane. Nothing happening. Get and and get yourself ready to fight him midgame. Dont let him you, especially if he has and be careful at lvl 6, because of his easy gank setup with his
Malzahar
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like all the other short range mages. Avoid him and try to keep up with his pushing.
Maokai
Harass him and play super aggro. + are excellent and he will only begin to ruin your life at midgame-lategame. are a must buy.
Mordekaiser
him every time he goes close to you with his . Avoid his and farm yourself through. Try to kill him with and your .
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much.
Pantheon
One of the hardest matchups.Buy and early game and then buy and with to survive the lane and go an ad-ish build. His passive will fck you up and his entire kit is desinged to screw you over. Try to get farm and call for ganks - you will outscale him.
Renekton
when he to prevent the dmg and kite the living hell out of him. Be careful of his burst dmg and rush +.
Riven
when she all in you and play around your . BE CAREFUL! She can 1 shot you, so you need to be careful, get early armor and then you will be fine and should be able to 1v1 her just like renekton.
Rumble
As his got buffed you should Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Try not to get or to often and beware of ganks. Abuse his passive and poke him down when he is out of position. Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much.
Ryze
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. One of the hardest ones i know.
Shen
Just like Maokai and Nautilus. Dodge his and splitpush when he to safe someone. I prefer taking for when the jungler comes to stop your splitpush.
Singed
Just like all the other tanks. He will annoy you a lot and if he proxy's you cant stop him. Late game he is going to fuck you up, so the game is in his control, not yours. Everything you do wont rly matter but atleast you dont typically lose the lane. You can, if he is bad. Poke the hell out of him and make his life is miserable, but as only one tricks play singed, he is definitly able to annoy you yourself a lot aswell.
Sion
Just like all the other tanks. He will annoy you a lot and if he proxy's
you cant stop him. Late game he is going to fuck you up, so the game is
in his control, not yours. Everything you do wont rly matter but
atleast you dont typically lose the lane. Just dodge his Ult at all costs and pop his to deny dmg. Dodging is key and if you are bad at it you might suffer.
Swain
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. One of the hardest ones i know. Get and pray he wont screw you up too much.
Syndra
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. One of the hardest ones i know.
Trundle
This one is actually slightly harder. Just like all the other tanks, he will annoy you a lot and if he proxy's
you cant stop him. Late game he is going to fuck you up, so the game is
in his control, not yours. Everything you do wont rly matter but
atleast you dont typically lose the lane. Still, try to control the lane in the early game and q him when he will deal the most dmg.
Tryndamere
Be aware of level 1 all ins, and buy to kite him. He is easily kitable and cant deal dmg because of your , so you shouldnt have any problems. Go and harass the shit out of him.
Twisted Fate
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. Try to kill him early and expand your lead based on that. prevents so abuse that.
Urgot
The bane of my existence. Dodge his or you lose. Nothing you do matters. Rush .
Veigar
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, you cant do too much. Dont let him Q too much and snowball other lanes, although that might be hard to do. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over.
Vel'Koz
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. He can poke the hell out of you, so try to avoid as many spells as you can. Rush . Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over.
Viktor
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with her push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over.
Xerath
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. I hate this matchup. He can poke the hell out of you, so try to avoid as many spells as you can. Rush . Try to kill him early but even then he will screw you over. He is very familiar to vel koz and jsut as much of a pain in the ass.
Yasuo
Use your because he will through the minions. Dont let him your , time it correctly. Throw a on yourself when he you. Your will prock his passive so time your aa with his passive. Get and aswell as , as they all stack very well against him.
Yorick
Wohooo Yorick rework! He is no longer one of the hardest counters to Teemo! You can buy anything you want, just be careful about his , he behaves a lot like with his so just poke and zone him a lot.
Ziggs
Get early mr like and hp with or as well as a to survive the lane! Just like any other short range mage, try to keep up with his push, you cant do too much. He can poke the hell out of you, so try to avoid as many spells as you can. Rush .
My name is OneTwoTrickFour aka TheTeemoplayer69 and I've been maining Teemo since Season 2. I was the best Teemo in Europe and Challenger for a small time. Right now I'm climbign back to it from Diamond 1 (21.06.2016)
Teemo has always been a versatile, fun and interactive champion, who could be picked as an underdog pick and yet still succeed. Riot hasn't been nice to our badger, but thankfully Teemo has been able to stay on top with his simple but effective kit and his ability to itemize, no matter what role or seosen.
AP Teemo is the best standing by the patch 7.12. I shall be covering other roles and their build paths, playstyle and unique facts about their kits.
Starting with this small Introduction, I hope you will enjoy the guide, give it a fair rating and if you have questions, you won't be too shy to ask me^^
Is a weird phenomenom by himself. He has been repeadatly nerfed and stomped to the ground. He is countered by a lot of champions and still noone likes to lane against him. He has the cutest design and skins, yet all the people get instantly tilted, as soon as they see Teemo. So why is that?
true function is his ability to completly tilt and destroy the calmness of the enemy. His entire Kit is extremly basic. Everyone knows how Teemo in general works. The Beauty is in using this simple Kit into a power, that makes the enemy swear and curse your entire family.
is made in a way, which sets him up for disaster. Thanks to power creep and mobility creep you would think he was left behind in the dust. He has no exceptional utility. He has no burst like . His DPS isnt anything noteworthy compared to and his blind as a cc is laughable. You could call Teemo a master of none, but at the same time he is a jack of all trades.
With your simplicity and ability to perform every role, you essentially have the best basis you can have to win any matchups. Yes, teemo suffers a lot against multiple champions. Yes, he will never be the top of the food chain. But he will always be the weird pick, who's power everyone underestimates.
Now with season 7 you want to maximize your damage output and burst by building him full AP, thus often having the highest damage dealt on champions. AS Teemo is still ok, but I feel like you can dominate your lane way more with AP Teemo.
So, get ready to tilt your enemy and let them run away with 10 HP, only to slowly die. Which is obviously the best feeling you can have. In the following chapters you will see, how I try to enter my opponents mind and how you too, will soon be able to beat those , with the most functional and yet simple kit in league.
Buy and head to top. Level E and give your jungler, if needed, a leash. Let the enemy push into you by only focusing on cs and not attacking the enemy. This will prevent a gank. If you have ignite and feel confident in a 1v2, focus on cs and aa the enemy every time you arent csing, but be careful, Minions deal a lot of damage early game! The best way to harass is with AA-Q-AA, it will prock
Ward at 3:00 in the tribush (blueside) or lanebush (redside), to prevent an early gank from the bot side starting jungler. At 3:30 you should be 1v2ing the enemy jungler or killing the enemy with
Step 2: 5-15 min:
Farm for either or and come back to your lane.
Try this trick for a kill: Push the wave out to the enemy tower, go back, place a where the enemy is likely to go through, kill the unsuspecting enemy.
You should either push very hard to give your jungler some breathing room, or stay at your tower and zone the enemy from cs. I recommand pushing as it is better in soloq.
By the 10 Minute mark, the first blood Tower should be dead and you should be rly farmed or with a first blood, prioritize the farming though.
I always take the Herald solo as it spawns, as it gives you a free tier 2 push with next to no risk at all.
You can now push for the second tier Tower with or roam mid or laneswap with bot to get first tier tower bot.
Buy for more vision control and easier assasination. Ensure Vision with . Splitpush as much as possible and force the JGL top. Get as many kills as possible. Use the trick I've discribed in the chapter beforehand. Roam mid lane and push those towers down or to get the enemy dragon. Keep flexible, adapt to the situation and try to take as many objectives as possible. Kill the jungler and take his buff with and AA-Q-AA (they easily get surprised with sufficient map control). Control the dragons and barons, Teemo is excellent at securing them through . If you're behind, stay in lane, farm the crap out of the lane and splitpush!! Dont try to fight, Teemo gets shit on by almost everything!
Why are you here? All you can do is teamfight and use to secure barons. Your lvl 3 has a very high range so you can throw it into the baron pit or a minion wave for massive aoe burst. Use your to keep the adc blinded and for objective control. Dont show up botlane, because it will instantly mean, that the enemy can do baron!
Most important tip:
Dont. Get. Caught. 9/10 Games in the late game are decided purely based on people getting caught! Leave the danger zones and keep your Wards/Shrooms up.
Your passive is used in two ways: Escaping and catching. Some Matchups litteraly cant attack you during your stealth, so if you stealth in time you can completely avoid a gank!
As this doesnt happen too often, you have one primary goal on how to use your passive: Killing, when they dont expect you to. People are used to seeing the enemy. If they can't see you, you dont exist in their eyes. So use your passive in the following trick.
This trick is the main way I've won 80% of my games!:
Push the wave out to the enemy tower, go back, place a where the enemy is likely to go through, kill the unsuspecting enemy. Easy as that :p This trick is easiest with AP Teemo, but it is definitly possible with the AS-Variant of the build.
Do not forget that your passive gives you AS which may give you an edge in a 1vs1 assasination.
You use Aggresive Shrooms in trading and to slow enemys. Throw these into minions to guarantee the damage or on you if youre close to a champion (pulled in by a ) I use these a lot, as shrooms are easily killed by oracles or die because time ticks out and are thus only useful for their slow and damage in 1v1's.
Defensive Shrooms are used to Prevent ganks and to scare the enemy off. They will walk around them and probably get damaged by even more auto attacks in the meantime. It's very useful to place these in anticipation of a gank on the gank path, as it not only will give you vision of the area and prevent a ward, but if the enemy jungler goes for the gank he might die in a 2v1 againt you!
Utility Shrooms are basicly warding shrooms. Place those into the enemy Jungle and try to annoy the jungler by always keeping awareness of him. Your only last 5 Minutes, so dont waste shrooms on passages, where the jungler might never come! Also shroom bushes, even if you know there isnt anyone. Just to go sure for the future.
As you might have seen in my matchups, Teemo mid isn't effective and is very hard to pull off.
Teemo gets countered by a lot of mindlaners. The build I posted below is hard to pull off because of control wards and sweepers. If you do play Teemo in the midlane then you should usually still max E and try to roam. If the enemy is a hard poke mage then you can max Q and poke them out .Your build should be something like this:
, , , , , ,
is a very solid first item if youre not under huge pressure!
You typically would want to go 12-18, grabbing and basic AP Teemo runes. However isn't that bad if you max Q, because this is a very AP heavy glass cannon shroom build, which is the only time you can efficiently use the mastery on. Your shrooms do deal a lot of damage and combined with your q burst you
may be able to cheese some kills out of the enemy laner.
Take for an aggresive lane, for a burst lane and against something like .
Weird alternatives ive seen:
not good - you lose mid game pressure and the stats arent that useful.
again not needed, only scales of Q, terrible Synergy with build.
too clunky - can be used against squishy Teams in loe elo.
He should be Played as a farm jungler who split pushes or teamights in the background as a secondary ADC.
You can solo dragon and herald without any problems. You deal obscure damage and have nice burn thanks to You should in my opinion always go bloodrazor as runic echoes is weird to use and build around. Nonetheless I will post a build for runic Teemo down below. Teemo Jungle is excellent at Closing out games, Splitpushing, providing damage and assasinating. His ganks are rather poor, but basic aa's aplying red buff are more than enough till master elo, trust me.
Always start with hunters machete, I prefer over , as it offers more long time value and you only need those 2 charges for your first clear. With proper kiting you can clear the jungle while only needing 1 refillable potion charge.
Your route should be:
Red-Blue-Gromp-Skuttle-Gank or
Blue-Gromp-Wolves-Red-Gank Top
Good builds would be:
Bloodrazor: or , going full glass cannon and trying to snowball the early game
Runic Echoes:, trying to oneshot the adc and providing the AP dmg for the team. I prefer Bloodrazor
Use proper kiting, spacing and your to minimize the damage of the camps. You can do blue buff without taking 1 hit! If you want to see another good high elo Teemo Jungle player check out Hikashikun!
Teemo support is a lot of fun and has huge amounts of damage combined with his Q and ult for a support. Together with Liandrys he has potential to be a tier 2 support. Dont forget to max Q and not E!
If you like a challenge or want play with friends in a normal game, your build should look as follows:
and then everything is optional. Go for more AP dmg. Some options may be:
.Try to go for the most cost effective items, usually those are and .
Be careful, as most supports will either catch, kill, poke or outsustain you. IF you're lucky and you can poke the enemy adc with your maxed out q. Try to go for all ins with .
Teemo support is weird and I only suggest picking it when you know you have a lane dominant adc such as or .
This was done with the help of Sosseslakt! He is an adc Teemo main and currently Diamond 1 on the EUW server. All credit goes to him and I will be quoting him, as he is far more experienced with adc Teemo than I am!
Playstyle:
"Depends on the enemy, you wanna play safe as fuck against anything that can kill you"
Wincondition:
"Running fast and hitting things. You are the carry, you can't be spliting. You stay on the backline and hit tanks, since with bork and rageblade they melt. Also nothing except super burst can outdmg you so keep looking for 1v1s"
Why would you play ADC Teemo?:
"Teemo as a champion offers a ton of vision control and pick potential, while he still is a backline threat with tons of self peel. He has a great buildpath which can make him both a tank buster and an assasin. Teemo can easily adapt to the game with his diverse build options"
What would you build on ADC Teemo?:
" -> -> -> -> -> , you can build Mercs against AP heavy teams and Swiftness boots against the rest. Consider grabbing a into against ad Teams, but botrk into rageblade are the core!"
Who is your favourite SUP to play with?:
" allows kill presure in lane even against stuff like caitlyn braum. Shes my favourite support to lane with by far. She gives sustain too which teemo really needs. Yeah anything that can speed you up is really insane to play with, like or "
Thanks a lot Sosseslakt for your help! If it didnt work then blame him not me q.q I haven't talked to him in a very long time so this section might not be completly up to date with patch 7.12
can pull people into your , just like with his , or with his and with his .
Any Stealth Champ like or can help you be even more annoying.
is perfect for a clown fiesta.
can put on your shrooms for double effectiveness.
is an actually good combo, just because you deal an insane amount of damage together and thus guarantee kill pressure under any scenario.
All of these are just goofy recommandations, as is more of a solo champ and he doesnt really synergise with anything x)
When you play with a Teemo you should try on building a catch/control teamcomp with a strong botlane, as it fits his playstyle and the Teemo wont be able to help out the botlane. Winning in the midgame is more important than having a solid lategame with Teemo.
Teemo is one of the most beginner friendly champions in the game!
His kit is one of the simplest ones and he is probably garen level easy for a beginner.
People dont punish you for beeing squishy and you can buy any item and still find great success! If youre new to the game or new to Teemo, then i would definitly recommend you to play him, using the tricks you learned from this guide.
People might hate you for picking him, but especially for learnign top lane he is like the ashe of bot lane. Good Luck with the simple, yet fun champion, he will definitly teach you a lot about the game, csing and map awerness! You cant be called a good player, before you can cs, so if you dont play adc Teemo is the choice to go.^^
I recommand the very simple AP TOP Burst build (Check the build up there), as it is easy to get a grasp on and has the most satisfying damage otuput. Practice easier matchups like or by counterpicking before you start maining teemo and even picking him vs .
I stream at twitch.tv/theteemoplayer69, where I try to teach you how to Teemo and how to meme.
Im currently on an unranked to challenger stream, but usually I play on my main account. I hope I can see you there, I love chat-interaction and talking a lot, so please say hi if you're ever there!
I hope you enjoyed this Guide and now know how to survive in the tough season 7.
Teemo isn't the strongest champion, but with sufficient base knowledge and map control you too can reach challenger!
If you find any rly bad grammar mistakes or points you disaprove with, meantion them in the comments and I will be sure to update and improve my guide! Dont be shy to ask quesitons, as I will know I forgot something this way and can thus add it to complete this in-depth guide!
Good luck, have fun and most importantly: ENJOY THE GAME! ^^