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Teemo General Guide by

Hamtaro!...err I mean Teemo, The Shred/AP chipmunk!

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Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

Starting

Core Items

AP Heavy Team

AD heavy team

Pure AP/Shred

Ability Order

Teemo Passive Ability

Introduction

This is my third guide on mobafire. I've done one for and , but that was before the new patch and updated masteries and items. I hope you guys enjoy!

P.S. - This is a general build guide. I use this build throughout all lanes, so I only made one build.

Runes

Greater Glyph of Ability Power

I chose the ability power glyphs to have the highest AP possible at lvl 1. Other stats dont give you as much as straight AP would with his AP build. Makes him strong at early level too!

Greater Mark of Magic Penetration

Magic Pen. is one of the best stats on AP teemo as it makes basically everything he uses hit harder and make more of an impact, even though he was nurfed last patch, from a .4 to a .3 AP ratio on his , any Magic Pen. you can get will make you hurt that much more.

Greater Seal of Armor / Greater Seal of Scaling Health

Either one of these works well. Both will give you more survivability, but one makes you more of a bruiser(Scaling Health), while the other gives you early game survivability(Armor). They both serve well!

Greater Quintessence of Ability Power

Again, as with the Glyphs, you get AP quints to have the most AP you can get at lvl 1 while not sacrificing too much survivability.

Alternatives Choices:

Greater Glyph of Magic Resist

Greater Mark of Attack Speed

Greater Quintessence of Health

Greater Quintessence of Magic Penetration

Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed

Greater Quintessence of Life Steal

Masteries

Offensive Tree

I chose this for the added benefit of 5 AP/AD when ignite is on CD, and also should you chose to pick them, the increased MS from or the reduced Armor and MR from .

Since AS scales well with his the more darts he can throw out, the more damage he can do!

CD isn't as amazing as pure AP, Shred Damage, or Magic Pen, but it does help with the shroom production! I'm basically filling in point requirements to get to the next tier though, so 2% CD is a nice bi-product of filling requirements, no?

MOAR AP!! :D Even though its scaling per level, any AP early on helps.

Magic Pen, Magic Pen, Magic Pen! The more the better! :D Great for cutting through bruiser and tank magic resists.

More AP again :D

I take this because it synergizes well with Malady, Wit's End, and basically making you shred for over 100 damage once you have your full build. Even more if you go for more AP than shred.

Now this is a must to have as AP teemo. Increasing the AP for a flat percentage works amazingly well for everything teemo does.

Even though its only 5% increased damage to enemies below 50% health, that 5% can mean wonders when its stacked with all your shredding items, , and .

Defensive Tree

For more survivability and bruiser-like capability, I throw points into here just for the plain fact that teemo is squishy if hes not built as a bruiser, so lets him get closer to that line of AP/AD carry/Bruiser.

For a little armor, I put 2 points into this. Its to satisfy a point requirement, but it also gives teemo a bit more survivability, especially at lvl 1 vs an AD champ.

For a little MR, I put 2 points into this. Just like this is to satisfy a point requirement, all the while giving you even more suvivability, particularly at lvl 1 vs an AP mid, AP support/carry, or AP top-laners/AP Jungles.

More health at lvl one for surviving those lvl 1-3 ganks, or just a lvl 1 invade/team fight. Great to survive and be more durable in lane against a high poke champ.

Items

Starting Items

+ x 3

Core Items

Full Build List

General Build

Item Sequence

AP Heavy Group

Item Sequence

AD Heavy Group

Item Sequence

Elective Items

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Skill Sequence

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

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3. Priority on which to Max First

I max first, as its your primary source of your damage. Although does some pretty good AP damage later on, its not worth getting more than one point early just for the blind, as your AP isn't high enough for the damage to be noticeable.

I max second as it increases your survivability as well as increased ability to catch up to a low champ to finish them off. Working with multiple item builds, I had and the , and with W maxed, there isn't anyone who can catch you or run away from you without some kind of slow or snare. Even then, you can actually catch people with a slow or exhaust on you. I had ~550 MS when I have the 2 above items, and popped move quick.

After that, its your choice between maxing or first. I tend to lean more towards simply due to the mushrooms doing more damage, AoE burst, and an AoE slow. After that, then I max

Spells

Positives

Negatives

Long-ish CD

Positives

Negatives

Positives

Negatives

Positives

Negatives

Alternatives

All of the above summoner spells are alternatives but not as good as the four that I compared. Situational they may be, but as this is geared towards SR only, they aren't as good as the first four.

Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Free Wards via
+ Mobility
+ Harass
+ Global Taunt
+ Strong Laner/High DPS Output

Cons

- Ult countered by /
- Squishy
- No escape mechanism when hit
- Shortest Auto-attack range of any ranged champ
- Squishy

Summary

Overall, Teemo is pretty strong. He was even stronger before the nurf of his and , but can still be a major threat in the game. Mine up the map with as many mushrooms as possible and profit. A lot of the times you can actually get kills by luring people in thinking they can kill you when you're low, aka. the Teemo "Global Taunt" :D I use that to my advantage almost everytime hahaha.

Hope you guys find this guide helpful! Feedback is encouraged! If you have anything you would like me to add, just let me know. Thanks!