Playing versus ranged top laners is hard and playing against ranged AP top laners is even worse. Playing against Teemo however, it’s one of the most excruciating experiences in the League of Legends. He will poke you down, zone you from the farm, and disable your jungle from helping by planting dozens of shrooms.
Thankfully, despite Teemo’s dominance over the majority of the top lane pool, there are some champions that stand distinguished and are more than able to take down Teemo. So let’s get straight into it, and reveal the picks that have over 60% win rate against this champion!
Best Teemo Counters
Aurora
Aurora is definitely the biggest counter there is to Teemo. Her win rate in this matchup is over 63% and it will not be significantly different even if you are reading this two years from now. Aurora’s incredible range allows her to win every single trade against Teemo. Due to his range, Teemo is simply not able to make favorable trades. As Aurora in this matchup, your job will be to simply spam Q in Teemo’s direction as soon as it’s off cooldown. Eventually, Teemo’s HP will drop to the point he is forced to retreat and lose farm, or die and lose farm. Pretty neat.
Kled
Kled is another major threat to Teemo. To excel in this matchup, you should avoid taking the damage from Teemo’s Q and the poke followed by it. You should not walk up to minions as often, and you should rely on picking up cs in batches. The most correct way to do this would be to pick an early Tiamat. When it comes to trades, you want to be precise with your rope, and slap Teemo a couple of times. You can repeat this combo until Teemo is low enough so that you can one shot him.
Akali
If you are a seasoned Akali player, the Teemo matchup should not be that hard. Akali stands as a really strong pick against Teemo, because most of his power comes from his Q. However, the Q blind does not do much to Akali, since 95% of her damage comes straight from her abilities. To win this matchup, you should not let Teemo get any free poke on you. Instead, you want to poke Teemo with W, while utilizing your shroud to hide when ur Q is on cooldown. When Teemo is sufficiently low, you can delete him pretty easily by using a full combo that includes ultimate.
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia is not the easiest champion to pilot, however, a skilled Cassiopeia will make playing the game hell for Teemo. If you can land your Q’s consistently, you will be able to out-trade Teemo quite easily, and the Q movement speed will help you kite around him. The trading pattern for Cass is quite similar to that of other champs in this guide. You want to get Teemo as low as possible then annihilate him with a full combo.
Final Thoughts
The short list has featured the 4 strongest anti-Teemo champions. As seen in the list, the most effective stats for countering Teemo are poke and mobility. Poke enables us to have favorable trades by keeping the distance, and mobility helps us close the distance to Teemo.
Now, as much as I would like to go in-depth about every Teemo counter it would simply be too time-consuming. Instead, I will just list the greatest options starting top to bottom in order to help you be ready for the next Teemo enjoyer: Cho’Gath, Quinn, Yasuo, Ornn, Sett, Tahm Kench, Malphite, Pantheon.