Game patch 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1
Reference patch 16.20.1
the Swift Scout
Teemo is a ranged magic-damage specialist who wins space through poison, Blinding Dart and prepared Noxious Traps. He can pressure waves and objectives without standing on top of them, but safe spacing, mushroom placement and knowing when an opponent can close the gap matter more than simply dealing damage from range.
Usual roleTopStrengths and limits
These are kit-level patterns, not a promise that every lane or matchup plays the same way.
Teemo's mushrooms can be used to farm creep waves very effectively.
Place your mushrooms at key locations on the map, such as by the Dragon or Baron Nashor, to reveal when your enemies might be attempting to kill them.
Teemo's Toxic Shot punishes players who get hit and back out, so stay at a safe range until you're ready to commit.
It can be valuable to use Oracle's Lens(Trinket) to destroy mushrooms around key locations.
Practical champion reading
Use these patterns to ask better questions before choosing an item, target or commitment. They describe the kit, not a guaranteed result.
Magic resistance can reduce the broad spell profile, but positioning and cooldown tracking still decide whether the important abilities connect.
The threat grows while this champion can keep attacking a useful target. Break target access, create distance or use control before the repeated pattern settles in.
Ranged attacks are useful only while a safe line to the target remains. Flanks, hard control and blocked escape routes can remove that advantage quickly.
Target access and survival time usually matter more than one ambitious hit. Reposition between attacks and avoid giving up the safe damage line.
Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement answer.
Reserve anti-heal and anti-shielding for a visible problem in the full team composition; they are not default answers to every champion.
A spell being available does not mean the complete sequence is sustainable. Watch the resource bar as well as the setup and escape cooldowns.
Defensive item reference
Start with the threat that is actually affecting the match. These are conditional comparisons, not an automatic counter build.
Plated Steelcaps answer repeated attacks; Mercury's Treads answer magic resistance and reducible control.
Pick one pair for the larger team-wide problem. Do not buy both pairs.Normal Draft and Ranked role map
Each lane is assessed separately. Open a role to reach its queue-specific build and matchup preparation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Teemo has an established solo-lane plan with the income and space needed to trade, manage waves and influence a side lane.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Teemo has a secondary role listed in this historical reference. It is less common than the primary roles, but it has a recognisable role-specific plan.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Teemo can be selected here as a deliberate player-chosen strategy, but it is not a primary role. The pick still needs a matchup and team plan.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Teemo can be selected here as a deliberate player-chosen strategy, but it is not a primary role. The pick still needs a matchup and team plan.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Teemo has a secondary role listed in this historical reference. It is less common than the primary roles, but it has a recognisable role-specific plan.
Situational AP purchase
Buy healing reduction when enemy healing or regeneration is deciding fights and you can keep damaging the relevant target. Grievous Wounds reduces healing; it does not reduce shields, magic damage or crowd control.
Oblivion Orb can provide healing reduction without immediately paying for a completed Morellonomicon. Fit the component around your core damage, mana and survival needs; check the current queue's item tooltip.
Complete Morellonomicon when its stats and slot efficiency suit your build. Do not treat it as a mandatory first item just because your champion deals magic damage.
Multiple Grievous Wounds sources do not add their percentages together. Another reliable applier may cover the same target, but you may still need your own source for a separate fight or target.
Playing Teemo: Poison and mushroom damage can refresh healing reduction while they keep damaging a champion. This makes you a useful applier against sustain, but a trap that nobody triggers provides no coverage. Check the debuff duration after the last damage tick.
If you die before dealing damage, you apply no healing reduction. If your target dies before healing, there is little healing to prevent. The debuff applies on qualifying damage immediately; it does not need to build up. It remains briefly after your last hit, so teammates can benefit even after you disengage.
Only healing during the active debuff counts. For example, 40% reduction prevents 80 of a 200-point heal, or 400 of a 1,000-point heal, before other modifiers. Compare that with the damage, penetration or survival you delayed; neither example guarantees a kill. Healing after the debuff expires is unaffected.
See the Oblivion Orb and Morellonomicon references for current effects and queue availability. These are situational decisions, not a measured best-build claim.
Kit reference
Ability names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads are independently written; the current in-game tooltip remains authoritative.
What it doesIf Teemo stands still and takes no actions for a short duration, he becomes Invisible indefinitely. If he's in brush, Teemo can enter and maintain his Invisibility while moving. After leaving Invisibility, Teemo gains the Element of Surprise, increasing his Attack Speed for a few seconds.
Practical readGuerrilla Warfare is an automatic part of the kit involving basic-attack interaction. Track when its condition is active instead of treating every fight the same way.
What it doesObscures an enemy's vision with a powerful venom, dealing damage to the target unit and blinding it for the duration.
Practical readBlinding Dart contributes vision information and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
What it doesTeemo scampers around, passively increasing his Move Speed until he is struck by an enemy champion or turret. Teemo can sprint to gain bonus Move Speed that isn't stopped by being struck for a short time.
Practical readMove Quick creates setup or area pressure. Place it where the opponent must choose between entering its space, changing route or giving up the immediate contest.
What it doesEach of Teemo's attacks will poison the target %i:OnHit% On-Hit, dealing damage on impact and each second after for 4 seconds.
Practical readToxic Shot contributes basic-attack interaction and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
What it doesTeemo throws an explosive poisonous trap using one of the mushrooms stored in his pack. If an enemy steps on the trap, it will release a poisonous cloud, slowing enemies and damaging them over time. If Teemo throws a mushroom onto another mushroom it will bounce, gaining additional range.
Practical readNoxious Trap creates setup or area pressure. Place it where the opponent must choose between entering its space, changing route or giving up the immediate contest.
Levels 1–18
Base values exclude items, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns are the listed base cooldown before ability haste.
Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
First rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.
| Level | Health | Mana | Ability milestone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 615 | 334 Mana | Choose the first basic ability |
| 2 | 690 | 352 Mana | Add another basic ability or rank |
| 3 | 768 | 371 Mana | Add another basic ability or rank |
| 4 | 851 | 391 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 5 | 936 | 411 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 6 | 1,026 | 433 Mana | First ultimate rank normally available |
| 7 | 1,119 | 455 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 8 | 1,216 | 478 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 9 | 1,316 | 503 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 10 | 1,420 | 528 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 11 | 1,528 | 553 Mana | Second ultimate rank normally available |
| 12 | 1,639 | 580 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 13 | 1,754 | 608 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 14 | 1,872 | 636 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 15 | 1,995 | 666 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 16 | 2,120 | 696 Mana | Final ultimate rank normally available |
| 17 | 2,250 | 727 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 18 | 2,383 | 759 Mana | Spend one ability point |
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