Marksman · Baron Lane

Teemo Wild Rift Guide

Teemo is a Baron Lane harassment ranged champion who pokes from safety with his blinding dart and controls zones with invisible poisoned mushrooms.

★ Baron Lane Tier A July 2026 · Patch 7.2a pokepoisonmushrooms

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Win 50.9% #33 · ↓11pt

Pick 1.7% #35

Ban 0.7% #48

§ 01 — Editorial brief

Teemo Top remains a very specific pressure pick: he does not win only through damage, but through the way he turns lane, jungle entrances, and narrow paths into uncomfortable areas.

By WRC Studio ~ 2 min read Patch 7.2a

Teemo is a Baron Lane harassment ranged champion who pokes from safety with his blinding dart and controls zones with invisible poisoned mushrooms. His passive camouflage makes him invisible when still, enabling unexpected ambushes on approaching enemies. Mushrooms planted across the map grant permanent vision and slow caught enemies. In Wild Rift, Teemo is a vision and zone-denial threat who turns the entire map into a minefield, forcing opponents to slow their rotations and constantly sweep for traps.

Teemo fits in compositions seeking to zone control and secure key areas through mushrooms. He benefits from allies who can leverage his slows and extended vision. Split push compositions benefit from his defensive zone control.

Teemo loses effectiveness against champions who can engage outside his poke range or resist mushrooms through detection items. Dive or fast gap-close profiles short-circuit his continuous poke. Anti-heal reduces his sustain from poisoned attacks.

With Teemo, place mushrooms strategically in narrow corridors and objective zones — not just around your tower. Maintain blind on attack-dependent champions to neutralize their DPS. In split push, your mushroom zone creates a difficult defensive barrier to cross.

Expert note

Expert take

Teemo is a good pick when you understand that he is not played as a simple lane bully. His real level shows in how you prepare fights before they start: a mushroom on the right entrance, a wave that forces the opponent to answer, a Q saved to neutralize the right champion, and a rotation made early enough to make the objective unplayable for the enemy. He is frustrating to face, but also very punishable if you confuse pressure with overextending. A good Teemo does not just try to be annoying; he turns every enemy movement into a risky decision.

Weak point

Hidden weakness

Teemo’s hidden weakness is not only his fragility: it is his dependence on preparation. A Teemo who did not have time to place mushrooms around an area is almost playing a reduced version of the champion. He can still blind, poke, and kite, but he loses the invisible part of his kit: controlling movement paths. That is why late rotations are so costly for him.

§ 02 — Strengths & weaknesses Teemo Wild Rift strengths and weaknesses

↑ Strengths

He punishes melee top laners very well when they must walk up to last-hit or trade, especially when his Q is saved to deny their real damage window.
His mushrooms bring strong value around objectives: dragon or Herald becomes easier to play when river entrances are already trapped.
Liandry reinforces his attrition identity: an enemy crossing several mushrooms does not only lose HP, they also lose their fight timing.
He often forces soloQ mistakes because many players chase Teemo through prepared areas instead of stopping the chase.

↓ Weaknesses

Avoid Teemo if your team already lacks frontline: he does not compensate for the absence of a champion able to absorb the first impact.
Avoid him into drafts that can reach him quickly and cleanly with multiple gap closers, because his stealth and mushrooms are not always enough to break the engage.
Avoid Teemo if the game is likely to be decided by open 5v5 fights without corridors or vision setup, because he loses much of his control value.
Avoid him if your team needs real engage from top lane: Teemo can prepare a fight, but he does not start it reliably.

Win Rate (30d) 50.86%+0.12 pts

Pick Rate 1.65%

Ban Rate 0.67%

Teemo's win rate has climbed +0.12 pts over the last 30 days, now at 50.86%. See the full Wild Rift meta trends for more biggest movers.

§ 03 — Game planTeemo Wild Rift game plan: early, mid and late game

I Early

Short trades, wave control and defensive shrooms

Niv. 1 → 6

Short trades, wave control and defensive shrooms.

II Mid

Play objectives: grid the lanes and trap rotations

Niv. 7 → 11

Play objectives: grid the lanes and trap rotations.

III Late

Front-to-back near the shrooms, never get hired…

Niv. 12+

Front-to-back near the shrooms, never get hired short.

§ 02 — Strengths & weaknesses Teemo Mid control/poke mage Wild Rift strengths and weaknesses

↑ Strengths

Very strong into mids that rely on auto attacks or predictable engage windows.
Controls objectives with Noxious Trap before dragon or Herald.
Can punish enemy roams by keeping the wave pushed and river trapped.

↓ Weaknesses

Struggles against long-range mages that do not need to enter his trade range.
Very vulnerable to ganks if the wave stays forward without mushrooms or side vision.
Provides little instant crowd control in teamfights if the team already lacks engage.

§ 03 — Game planTeemo Wild Rift game plan: early, mid and late game

I Early

Push safe then river priority with shrooms on…

Niv. 1 → 6

Push safe then river priority with shrooms on crossroads.

II Mid

Roams controlled, punish targets with trapped…

Niv. 7 → 11

Roams controlled, punish targets with trapped vision.

III Late

Play the pick before 5v5: a shroom + Q force…

Niv. 12+

Play the pick before 5v5: a shroom + Q force summoners.

§ 05 — Recommended buildBest Teemo Wild Rift build for the current patch

Core

Nashor's Tooth

Liandry's Torment

Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves

Sorcerer's Shoes

§ 07b — Advanced MechanicsTeemo: combos & tips Wild Rift

Poke combo from stealth

1 Guerrilla Wa

2 AA

4 AA

Come out of stealth with an auto-attack for bonus damage (breaking stealth), 1 to blind (the enemy misses their auto-attacks), auto-attack to apply poison

Short-range trade combo

3 AA

4 AA

Blind first to negate enemy auto-attacks, use 2 for the speed boost if the enemy tries to flee, auto-attack whilst the Toxic Shot poison is active

Mushroom AoE combo

4 AA

5 AA

Use the mushroom to initiate the fight (slow + poison), followed immediately by 1 whilst the enemy is slowed

Mechanical Tips

Mushroom bounce: Casting a Noxious Trap onto another existing mushroom causes it to bounce and travel further — chain mushrooms together to cover large areas beyond normal range
Place mushrooms strategically: jungle entrances, Scuttle Crab, Baron/Dragon, lane bushes — not at random — areas with high footfall maximise impact
Guerrilla Warfare (passive): after 2 seconds without combat action, Teemo becomes invisible — use this to reposition yourself in the bushes between skirmishes; breaking stealth grants an empowered auto-attack
Move Quick (2): Level 2 grants movement speed, which doubles if no enemies are nearby — use this to roam between mushrooms and evade ganks

Common Mistakes

Mushrooms in the wrong places: Placing mushrooms at random without considering the most frequently used paths wastes their potential — always target objectives and jungle entrances
Fighting on the front line: Teemo is a champion built for kiting and ambushing — never be on the front line; always ambush from the bushes or behind allies
Blinding Dart on a tank: blinding is more effective against ADCs and auto-attack carries (Master Yi, Tryndamere) — save your first Blinding Dart for targets that rely on auto-attacks

Notable Interactions

Toxic Shot (passive on auto-attacks) applies a poison that persists after trades — useful for kiting, as the enemy continues to lose HP even after they have fled
Blinding Dart causes TOTAL blindness — Tryndamere, Master Yi and Fiora, who rely solely on auto-attacks, are completely neutralised for the duration
With Liandry’s Torment + Rylai’s Crystal Scepter, Teemo’s poison and mushrooms inflict a permanent burn and a continuous slow

Patch 7.2 build — computed

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Full variants, runes & power spikes →

§ 07 — PreceptsTeemo Wild Rift tips for ranked

Tip · 01

Priority to safe push, then roams with river shrooms.

Codex

Tip · 02

Respect the assassins 5/9/13: Mandatory stasis.

Codex

Tip · 03

Electrocute possible if you're aiming for fast snowball.

Codex

Data — Stats per levelTeemo Wild Rift base stats per level (1-15)

Movement speed 355Attack range 475Bonus attack speed / lvl +2.2%

Show stats per level

Lvl	HP	AD	Armor	MR	Mana	HP regen	Res. regen
1	630	52	34	36	345	6	18
2	750	55.6	38.5	37.2	386	6.7	18.7
3	870	59.2	43	38.4	427	7.4	19.4
4	990	62.8	47.5	39.6	468	8	20.1
5	1,110	66.4	52	40.8	509	8.7	20.8
6	1,230	70	56.5	42	550	9.4	21.5
7	1,350	73.6	61	43.2	591	10.1	22.2
8	1,470	77.2	65.5	44.4	632	10.8	22.9
9	1,590	80.8	70	45.6	673	11.4	23.6
10	1,710	84.4	74.5	46.8	714	12.1	24.3
11	1,830	88	79	48	755	12.8	25
12	1,950	91.6	83.5	49.2	796	13.5	25.7
13	2,070	95.2	88	50.4	837	14.2	26.4
14	2,190	98.8	92.5	51.6	878	14.8	27.1
15	2,310	102.4	97	52.8	919	15.5	27.8

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§ 05 — Recommended buildBest Teemo Wild Rift build for the current patch

Teemo builds around AP power to maximize mushroom and poison damage. He prioritizes items amplifying zone and slow effects. Movement speed allows him to maintain poke distance and escape engagements.

Core

Yordle Liandry's Torment

Yordle Infinity Orb

Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Mercury's Treads

See the full build

§ 06 — The matchup wallTeemo Wild Rift counters and synergies

Hard Unfav. Skill Fav. Synergy

Shen perfectly compensates for Teemo's structural fragility by offering global cover and a real bailout button whenever he takes too much space. The execution becomes very strong across the map: Teemo pushes side pressure or trap vision, while Shen holds Stand United to turn any collapse into a favorable numbers swing. This pair works very well against compositions that want to catch Teemo in isolation without committing to a real teamfight.

Ideal

Jarvan IV

Jarvan IV gives Teemo a real fixation point to amplify his poke, autos, and especially the space control of his mushrooms. The execution is simple: Jarvan traps a target or forces a predictable path, then Teemo pours sustained damage into the area while escape options stay limited. This synergy is especially strong around objectives where Teemo's natural minefield makes the terrain unplayable.

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§ 07 — PreceptsTeemo Wild Rift tips for ranked

Tip · 01

Think 'short trades': AA→Q then back off, the DoT works for you.

Codex

Tip · 02

Don't fight in the open without shrooms behind you.

Codex

§ 08 — DialoguesTeemo Wild Rift FAQ

Q.01 Is Teemo Top a good blind pick? +

Teemo can be blind picked in some soloQ games, but he is not a consistently reliable blind pick. He becomes risky if your team already lacks frontline or if the enemy has several champions that can reach him directly. If you blind him, you must accept a safer style: less advanced wave, defensive mushrooms, Q saved for real all-ins, and early rotations instead of lane ego.

Q.02 When does Teemo become truly strong in a game? +

Teemo becomes truly strong when he can place mushrooms before the action starts. Level 5 gives him terrain control, Liandry makes trapped paths much more costly, and Deathcap turns his damage into a serious threat onto carries. His best window is therefore not only a level or an item: it is the moment when his team plays around areas he has already prepared.

Q.03 Why does Teemo win lane but still lose the game sometimes? +

Because his lane advantage must be converted into map control. If Teemo wins top but does not prepare entrances to Herald, dragon, or jungle rotations, his lead stays local. Worse, if he keeps pushing without defensive mushrooms, he gives away a shutdown and wastes his early game. The right reflex is to turn lane pressure into trapped zones and easier objective setups.

Q.04 Should Teemo play split push or teamfight? +

Teemo should often play short side pressure rather than permanent split push. He pushes a side lane, secures his paths with mushrooms, then returns early enough to prepare the next objective. In teamfights, he does not like wide open spaces; he prefers corridors, jungle entrances, and areas where the enemy must walk through his traps before reaching his team.