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[OUTDATED] Your Ultimate Teemo Guide (By Satan himself)

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Spells:

Teleport

Flash

Items

Starting Items

Early Backs (AP)

Early Backs (Onhit)

AP Options

Onhit Build Options

Boots Options

Example AP Build

Example Onhit Build

Ability Order

Teemo Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

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Introduction

Hi, I'm Alifmo. I am a platinum player and a loving madman. I started playing League near the end of May, 2016. has been my favorite champion ever since I started playing him. In one year, I managed to hit Platinum 5 and accumulated 400k points on .

Why do I love so much? I love everything about him! His looks, his voice, his small hitbox, his high burst, the ability to kill someone from across the map with a mushroom, etc!
This guide is going to show you all the tips, tricks, and everything you need to know to
play .

Pros / Cons

PROS

+ Extremely potent lane bully
+ Has great gank immunity past level 6
+ Amazing map control
+ Enemies cannot get away with a sliver of HP
+ Can deal great damage to enemies all across the map.
+ Adorable

guerilla warfare

- Very squishy
-Lacks any form of built-in sustain
-Hard crowd control shuts him down
-Control Wards and Oracle's Alteration reveals shrooms.
-Lost purpose when behind

CONS

Runes

quints

Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: These are essential on Teemo. AP Quints make last hitting easier, gives you better poke and harass, and is just a great choice overall.

marks

Greater Mark of Attack Speed: Attack Speed Marks make Teemo very potent in lane. They allow him to harass more quickly, and more consistently. It helps with last hitting minions as well.

glyphs

Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Teemo is as squishy as a champ can get during the early game. Magic Resist Glyphs will prevent Teemo from getting melted by mages, which is why it is such a great choice.

seals

Greater Seal of Armor: A lot of Teemo's common matchups, such as Riven or Darius, are very strong attack damage champions. Without armor seals, Teemo will not be able to survive in fights against them in lane, which is why they are essential.

Mechanics

guerilla warfare

Guerilla Warfare (Passive): In my opinion, your passive is one of the best passives in the game. It makes you very slippery and also implements a lot of paranoia into your enemy. Learning to abuse Guerilla Warfare is very beneficial. For example, when an enemy is chasing you, you can run into a bush and sit invisible and they will run right past you. It works even better if the bush you are hiding in has a in it.

Guerilla Warfare works very well with , because the increased attack speed lets you harass them more and will also give you the element of surprise.
A fun way to use Guerilla Warfare is to use it to bait out enemy skillshots. You can purposely go invisible where an enemy can see you, and then when they shoot a skillshot there you quickly move before it hits you.
You can use Guerilla Warfare to sit invisible near a , and when an enemy steps on the trap you can quickly pop out and throw a and start hitting them with to get a very easy pick, granted no one else is there.

In lane, your basic trading tool is Auto Attack > > Auto Attack. This is very simple to pull off and activates easily. Be wary, however. In certain matchups, such as when fighting or , do not use your carelessly. Your is essential vs. Auto Attack based champions.

Champion Matchup Tips

When fighting a , the most important thing is to not get pulled by him. A mechanic that I like to do in this matchup is to walk up to the to auto attack him, but cancel the auto attack and back out. Doing this a few times will bait out his , and then you will be free to chase him down with your and harass him. Be wary of his , however. Make sure not to get hit by it and you will do good in this lane. Make sure to buy early on to make this easier.

is easily one of your hardest match ups. You can't harass him without getting in range of his and . His will make it hard to trade with him, as well. How I deal with this lane is I start either or and 4 s. You will want to buy a and also max your instead of . This will give you good harass since it has high range and allows you to harass safely. Since you will be harassing with , I like to bring , instead of in this matchup. Ask your jungler for early ganks to shut down before he snowballs.

Fighting all depends on who pokes who the hardest. Try to harass when he uses his to last hit a Minion. When he places down a , try to bait out his combo by walking in range of his and quickly move back, use if you have to. Doing this can bait out his , and he will be defenseless as you chase him down and damage him. Make sure not to get hit by a when he has active.

When fighting a , try to harass him without getting hit by his . If you dodge his , then you can safely kill his Mist Walkers from his passive. Make sure to always stay moving so he cannot trap you in his easily. Past level 6, you have an advantage over him. If he manages to land his , place a on top of yourself. The Mist Walkers will die quickly and will most likely be damaged from the as well. If you get caught in , place a on top of yourself and try to break free before gets up to you and uses .

is a champion who counters you, on paper. He has more burst, more mobility, and can CC Lock you with . The best way to win trades in this matchup is to dodge his , and then throw a first, and auto attack him once and then back out once the ends. By doing this, cannot apply to you with his auto attacks and proceed to stun you, giving you a very easy trade. When uses his or , place a where he is going to be, or where it can be easily detonated and will hit him, such as on top of a minion wave. Right after, throw a on him before you get stunned. Make sure to harass him when he uses his to last hit a minion.

When fighting a , the most important thing to do is to move in unpredictable patterns to avoid his . If does not land his , he has no way of getting up to safely. When activates
to kill minions, make sure to not stand behind them, so you do not take any damage. Be sure to punish him and deny him XP and Gold when he does not have his up. If he does land a , it will be followed up with , and then . This is why you must place a near you, and you must play around it. By doing this, when walks up to you, he will step on the and will be slowed down and this will give you a chance to escape. Just remember to be as slippery as possible and try to bait out his , and then punish him if he misses.

Itemization

AP Teemo Build

In my opinion, this is one of the greatest Ability Power items in the game. Everything about it has great synergy with , which is why I love it so much. gives you a good amount of AP, gives you survivability because of the HP, lets you burst down squishy targets with the Flat Magic Penetration, and also helps you melt tanks because of the Percentage Max Health Damage. burn passive works extremely well with , because it does increased damage since slows enemies.

This item has it's ups and downs. It gives you great damage, but is not that good of a burst item. In many cases, you will need to rely on your mushrooms for damage since you will not be able to be able to auto attack the enemy safely (For example if the enemy has a fed .) Her range is very high and she will have a support peeling for her. In this case, is not a great choice because you will not be able to make use of the attack speed it gives. In these situations, needs a burst item, such as .

This item is a good first completed item. It gives good sustain, which lacks any built-in form of, gives good burst with it's Lightning Bolt active, and gives you great healing from . This item can be used in both the AP Teemo and On-Hit Teemo build.

On-Hit Teemo Build

This item is a must-have when going On-Hit Teemo. It makes you more sticky, prevents enemies from getting away, lets you make picks with your team on enemies who are out of position or pushed up too far. It also gives you great survivability, especially when paired up with or . This item has great synergy with , because slows them down, and makes you faster, and the damage reduction from works great with the Health that gives you.

This item is a great choice on . It makes you extremely efficient at split pushing, and also helps you deal more damage in team fights. This item has great synergy with because the extra bolts from also gives life steal, the percentage current health damage of the applies to bolts, and the percentage current health damage also applies to life steal. This gives you the ability to shred tanks and burst squishies, while also making you very hard to take down.

gives you many of the stats needs. It gives you attack speed to do more damage, ability power which makes your stronger, and also flat attack damage. Buying this item makes you insanely strong. The Guinsoo's Rage passive makes all your other Item Passives stronger. It will increase the Movement Speed Slow from , increases the percentage current health damage from , and is a great choice overall.

Team Work

is a champ who can either solo carry games, or can be dead weight to the team.
There are many ways you can help your team as . For starters, make sure to place where you think fights will happen. and are great examples. Your mushrooms also provide a lot of safety for your teammates. For example, your team can get away if an enemy is chasing them and they step on a . Your AD Carry will be able to kite back on to your Mushrooms. also grants vision on the map. These can reveal very important details such as the location of the enemy Jungler, or when enemies are trying to take objectives. Good placement of can secure kills in game-deciding fights as well. If an enemy is trying to get away and they step on a , Not only will it do a lot of damage, the Movement Speed Slow will allow your team to catch up to them and kill them.

Conclusion

is an extremely fun, and versatile champ to play, even though most people do hate him. I hope this guide helps you and your future endeavors. Even though this is my first guide, I hope this made you improve and made you understand a little better. Please feel free to leave any feedback you might have on my guide, whether it helped you or not. Upvote the guide if you liked it, and if you downvote please tell my why, so I can improve my guides in the future.

Have fun playing and tilting the enemy team!