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Teemo, The Swift Scout As far as yordles are concerned, there is something slightly wrong with Teemo. While he enjoys - and in fact needs - the level of community inherent to all yordles, Teemo feels it so strongly that he ventures out on his own to destroy the enemies of Bantam City. There is something that switches off in Teemo, so that the lives he ends do not burden him. It seemed only logical to send him to fight in the League of Legends as the Champion of Bantam City. He has taken to the League like a duck to water, seeking out the foes of the yordles and extinguishing them with the rare ajunta poison he personally gathers from the jungles of Kumungu. However, the limited company of his own kind wears on Teemo, and cracks are beginning to show in his innocent and chipper facade.
Teemo is a little package that moves fast and strikes true. As a scout, he blazes trails to his enemies that make it easier for his allies to follow. He can, despite his small size, move at blinding speed, using the terrain to his advantage. His mastery of ajunta poison also gives him a distinctly potent weapon. Prepared one way, his wicked little darts cause blindness in his foes; prepared another, they cause a slow, lingering death. Teemo also prepares traps for those tracking him, which unleashes a poison that slows and harms enemies.
Though he is known as the Swift Scout, it is clear that Teemo is actually something else - the unrepentant assassin of Bantam City.
- 1. Note
This guide is specified and dictated to those who want to maintain middle lane dominance.
Most of the common sense stuff and tips & tricks can be found in Friend's Teemo guide, which is basically the most awesome guide ever for DPS Teemo. Im assuming you arent just starting out and have a basic knowledge of how Teemo works and sufficient map presence (ie: calling MIAs and placing shrooms at strategic scouting points like river ends and Baron/Dragon.)Screenshots will be added later on in the day on Shroom placings on map.
- 2. Masteries + Runes
21/0/9 or 9/0/21
Usually I run with
8% cd reduction on Blue + 1 Quint and Crit on the rest for 21/0/9 or
6% cd reduction on Blue + Quints, Mpen on Reds and Mana Regen on Yellows for 9/0/21
- 3. Items
- 4. Skilling Order
Blinding Dart
Toxic Shot
Blinding Dart
Move Quick
Blinding Dart
Shroom
Blinding Dart
Move Quick
Max out Dart and Shrooms, then Move Quick to rank 2.
(The rest is dependant on lane opponents. Do they harass more or are they letting you farm? If its the former, then go Toxic Shot, otherwise get Move Quick to rank 4 first then Toxic Shot.)
- 5. Summoner Abilities
Personally i stick with Flash and Heal for lane longevity, with decent last hitting and juking, you shouldnt even need to return to base unless you need to buy.
- 6. Summary
Start off with Meki Pendant+ 2 Health Potion, buy quick and head to middle lane. Stand right in the middle of the lane where the creep clash usually happens and stand still to stealth. Once the creeps start clashing and their hero comes in to engage, Blinding Dart him just before he last hits and auto attack him once or twice before running off behind you line of creeps. Remember to play as defensively as you can after that.
You only harass when the opponent is either melee, or is in range for a Dart.Sometimes just Dart him so he cant last hit. Dont waste more than 3 Darts at rank 1 unless hes really aggressive. the damage output is negligible until rank 3.DO NOT RUSH HIM UNLESS ITS A KILL.
You may have 2 hp pots and Heal, but that doesnt mean going all out. Try staying at about 60% hp to avoid a gank since you have no Shrooms to safeguard you from the other lanes.
IF ITS A STEALTHER, TOWER HUG AND LAST HIT. Note the opponent's items as well, if he has a HP regen item, dont bother harassing until hes almost OOM, if hes got just pots or lifesteal, go for it. you'll outlast him. Harass incessantly only when you get Rank 3 Dart to push him back so you can Shroom your side without him detecting your shroom location.
(Check out Unique Skills section on Mind games.) GET A WARD ON YOUR FIRST TRIP BACK IF YOUR OPPONENT IS A STEALTHER! DO NOT RISK DYING AS YOUR ABSENCE WILL MEAN SUBSTANTIAL MOMENTUM AND DOMINANCE LOST IN THE MIDDLE LANE. - Note: When vsing another Teemo in mid, determine if hes AP or DPS by his items, if hes DPS just keep Blinding Dart him to harass, you have more regen than him. Just dont get too low where he can combo you to death. AP Teemos are another story altogether, just play defensively and farm, and Dart him when he gets near and retreat. Get a ward asap to counter his shrooms and have a teammate push him back to tower so you can Shroom you side quicker than he can. Shroom domination = win.
You can probably farm until level 7 or 8 and come back to get Boots of Swiftness.
Remember to have at least 3 to 6 Shrooms along the path of creeps each side to maintain lane superiority in your absence.
Head to the Golem and lay a shroom in front of him, then move back into the bush and
Dart him. Keep Darting each time the CD is up and rush back to mid to fill up the
gaps between your current Shrooms.
Just stay in lane and last hit, at times try to draw your opponent into your
shrooms by Darting and retreating behind one. Pay attention to the other lanes, and tower hug if anyone is missing from the other lanes. At this point of time, you should have at least 8 shrooms on one side and maybe 4-5 on the other (on the shore, not in the water). Always put one at each corner of the river entry point as enemies love to cut around those corners. Once you have your river entry sides covered, you can plant a shroom in the middle of the raging battle of creeps to earn some easy cash. Also, head to
the enemies' Golem to try steal his buff as well. Keep this rotation of buff going if you can, the CD reduction and mana regen helps alot, you can even Dart creeps for last hitting. (Always keep Move Quick up if you're not engaging an enemy.)
Port back once you have around 2k+ gold to grab a Mejai's Soulstealer and a Blasting Wand, to start your Rod of Ages. You should be level 12 at this time. (You can go back to grab your Soulstealer earlier at lvl 10 or 11, but make sure that your Shrooms are sufficient enough to deter a major push on your tower.) At this point of time, the opposing team would have wanna try zerg middle lane as our tower is still at high or full hp, which will earn you massive kills/assists with the numerous shrooms strategically planted along the riverbank. Make sure you get at least 1 other teammate to help you push them back if they dont die or decide to push despite low hp, although most of the time they'll
back off after the massive pingponging of exploding Shrooms (at this point you could rush in and Dart one of them for a kill.)
Keep this up, always remember to keep the 2 sides of the middle path shroomed up as your teammates gather up to push mid in their absence, to avoid any backstabbing. If they have a stealth, dump a ward in the middle of the lane.
After their tower goes down, start mining along the sides of their middle path and the immediate jungle paths to the sides. This will prevent any backstabbing or ambushing heros coming from either sides. At this point you should have your Rod of Ages and another Blasting Wand up, bringing your ap to about 200+ to 300 depending on Mejai's Soulstealer. Finish up your Fiendish Codex from Meki Pendant if you havent.
Your opponents wont make it past the first tower if you diligently kept the riverbank Shroomed, and always run behind the opponents via jungle paths and mine their retreat path, alongside so you wont get them set off by their creeps. You could earn quite alot of kills from this. Every 4 steps they will end up getting blown up by a shroom so they will be pretty reluctant to push as a group. Your team should be more than sufficient
to engage them without you, and you can come in to pick off low hp heroes trying to retreat. Port back to complete your Zhonya's Ring.
Now you should be at least 16 to 18, you can ignore the middle riverbank and start mining elsewhere more profitable, especially in the jungle bushes and paths. If your teammates aren't feeding or tards, the opposition should be locked up in their base by now from the continued pushes from mid. With a full Mejai's Soulstealer and your items, you should be at close to 500+ap at this point. Thats a whopping 1.2k dmg per shroom, and 800dmg Darts, with 108dmg ticks on your Toxic Shots.
At this point when they're in base, you can run around juking them with
your Darts or just help push the other lanes. Just DONT DIE, because you need your Mejai's Soulstealer stacks and if the other team is half decent and not that outleveled, a wipe means GG for you. 1 push might end it for your team.
- 7. Working in the team
You'll be more on your own in the middle lane unless they ask for you to help out in clashes or need a blind on a physical carry. You'll hardly die, so make sure you buy Oracle or Wards, as you'll be engaging from outside the clash. Put your passive to good use, you can stealth in and area and pick off retreating players or just blind the Twitch/Ashe whos naively picking off players from outside the clash. Also, drop your shrooms behind the enemy lines before you come in to assist. Move Quick at rank 4 + Boots of Swiftness make you extremely hard to catch.
- 8. Unique Skills
Passive Stealth. Be innovative.
When soloing mid, when your opponent is playing defensively just wait till your creeps are on his tower's side, stand in the middle then press B to begin the porting animation, then cancel it by clicking just at his feet before the teleport goes off. The opponent might think you went back to base and push out towards your tower. Just Blinding Shot him from behind, auto attack and laugh as he desperately tries to weave his way back to his side in between the creeps.
Also i always get the first shot on my opponent by buying my stuff fast and heading to mid and stay stealthed right smack in the middle. Once the opponent crosses the middle threshold, just Blinding shot him + 1 or 2 auto attacks before running behind your own creeps.
- 9. Farming
LAST HIT LAST HIT LAST HIT.
If you have shrooms to spare, drop one in the middle of creeps (make sure you can hit the ranged ones as well.)
Always grab the Golem buff if you can, You drop your Shroom cd to 12secs with Fiendish Codex + Runes/Mastery with it, not to mention unlimited mana.
