Teemo Wild Rift Build & Guide

Innate Passive: Toxic Shot

Toxic Shot adds additional magic damage to Teemo’s auto-attacks. It deals magic damage on impact and it deals a small amount of DPS over four seconds afterward.

Toxic Shot does not deal that much damage and it is easily countered by high sustain champions like Garen or Dr. Mundo or healing Keystone Runes like Fleet Footwork and Grasp of the Undying.

But the best thing about this passive is that it easily applies the effects of Liandry’s Torment. After obtaining Liandry’s Torment, you’ll be able to melt down tanks easily with just your auto attacks.

Combining the effect of Liandry’s Torment, Toxic Shot, and Ignite can easily kill off low HP enemies.

Runaan’s Hurricane is a great item to spread the effects of Toxic Shot.

Toxic Shot’s DPS makes it easy for Teemo to proc the effect of Grasp of the Undying so he can stock up a good amount of bonus HP in the early game.

In the same manner, Aery is a good Keystone Rune for Teemo because one auto attack can proc its effect twice if Teemo is close enough to the enemy.

Q | 1st: Blinding Dart

Blinding Dart is Teemo’s harassment tool in the laning phase. This deals a good amount of damage and causes the enemy’s attacks to miss and fail to apply on-hit effects.

Proper use of Blinding Dart will cause enemies to tilt. In the laning phase? Tilt your enemy by casting Blinding Dart as soon as they go for the last hit on the Cannon minion. If they are no Cannon minion in the wave, do this for melee minions. After a successful Cannon deny, don’t forget to use your emotes to further increase the psychological damage on your enemy. 

Blinding Dart is a great way to disable the DPS of the enemy’s ADC but its ability to disable the application of on-hit effects works wonders as well. Especially if the enemy’s on-hit effect is an important part of their kit like on Twisted Fate and his 2nd, Pick a Card.

Blinding Dart refreshes the auto-attack timer of Teemo so always go for the auto-attack – Blinding Dart – auto attack combo in the laning phase. This combo is an easy way to proc Electrocute if it is your equipped rune.

W | 2nd: Move Quick

Move Quick is Teemo’s mobility ability. It allows him to tumble a short distance and grants him double the passive movement speed bonus for a short duration.

Passively, it grants him bonus movement speed when he has taken no damage in the last five seconds.

Move Quick allows Teemo to roam the other lanes and help on objectives without needing the Teleport Enchant. 

The  active portion of Move Quick resets the auto-attack of Teemo so you can use it to deal 2 consecutive attacks on the enemy while moving either:

1. Towards the enemy for more attack opportunities. Tumble diagonally so you’ll still maintain your distance for kiting the enemy.
2. To the side to evade enemy counterattacks or skill shots.
3. Retreat backward to safety.

Emote to tilt the enemy after a successful evasion. 

E | 3rd: Guerrilla Warfare

Guerrilla Warfare camouflages Teemo for a short duration. The duration of the camouflage pauses when he is inside a brush. Once the camouflage breaks, he gains bonus attack speed.

Guerrilla Warfare is an amazing tool to harass, tilt, and gank opponents.

To harass your opponent in the lane with Guerrilla Warfare, go inside a brush then activate Guerilla Warfare. Walk up to the enemy then do the auto-attack – 1st, Blinding Dart – auto-attack combo. Time the combo before the enemy tries to last hit the Cannon minion for maximum effect. As usual, emote to tilt the enemy. 

Another great use of Guerrilla Warfare is to outplay chasing enemies. This is best done in the jungle and while low on HP but it can also work anywhere else:

1. Place your ultimate, Noxious Trap in the direction you are running towards.
2. Activate Move Quick to gain distance.
3. Once you are far enough, activate Guerrilla Warfare, preferably while inside a brush.
4. Place another Noxious Trap near you.
5. Wait for the enemy if the chasing enemy is alone. Escape if there are many pursuers.
6. If you waited for the enemy, do your auto attack – 1st, Blinding Dart – auto attack combo once the enemy is hit by the second Noxious Trap. 

Guerrilla Warfare’s camouflage does not break when you cast your abilities, use Summoner Spells, or activate items. But, your silhouette is shown once an enemy is near and after a short while, the camouflage will break. Attacking will also break the camouflage.

If you are trying to gank other lanes, simply activate Guerrilla Warfare before reaching the warding hotspots or activate your Oracle Lenses before reaching the hotspots then activate your Guerrilla Warfare while inside the brush while waiting for a good opportunity to surprise your target.

R | Ultimate: Noxious Trap

Noxious Trap allows Teemo to drop poisonous mushrooms all around the map. The mushrooms become invisible after a second and enemies who walk into the trap are dealt magic damage. The exploded mushroom then releases a toxic area which slows and deals magic damage over time.

There are a few ways to utilize the Noxious Trap.

• Map Control – To cover the map for vision, protection, damage, and nuisance.

The most common way of using Noxious Trap is to cover brushes and common pathways for vision and as the first line of defense against ganks.

Here are some examples of defensive mushroom placement:

Noxious Traps when used for map control work more effectively when scattered in a certain area but the problem with this is that the mushrooms only last two minutes. Luckily you can store up to 3/4/5 mushrooms depending on your ultimate’s level. Depending on the game’s progress, you will want to store some mushrooms so you’ll be able to displace multiple traps in a short duration. Although, it is important to remember to not sit with the maximum amount of traps for a long duration.

You’ll want to store traps if you are going to take Drakes, Rift Herald, Baron Nashor and if you are trying to siege their turrets.

If you want to have the maximum traps for taking objectives, stop throwing mushrooms 1 minute and 30 seconds (1:30) before the objective spawns.

Here is a map with most of the possible trap location for map control:

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• Lane Management – Protect your tower and shove lanes.

You can protect your turret and go to your teammates using this technique if you are playing in the Baron lane. Before the Drake spawns, line up your mushrooms right where the minions pass. This will allow you to roam while securing your turret’s health. This is important to do in the very first Drake spawn when no one has the Teleport enchant first.

On the last wave, 10-20 seconds before the Drake spawns, use one mushroom to quickly clear the minions. You can also do this if you want to recall to buy items. Do not make using your mushrooms to flash farm the minions during the laning phase a habit because maintaining a freeze is more important in most cases.

Another important use of Noxious Trap during the laning phase is spamming it near your turret when against champions with strong tower diving capabilities like Olaf, Kennen, and Lee Sin. The traps will save your life and even turn around the dive attempt in your favor.

• Active offensive and defensive usage. 

Noxious Traps can be used reactively for offensive and defensive purposes. For example, if you are against diving champions like Lee Sin, Vi, or Wukong, it is important to always store at least one mushroom so you can use it to slow down enemies that will try to dive you.

You can either drop it right on your location by pressing it, then use your 1st, Blinding Dart while waiting for it to activate before running away or put it towards the direction you are running to.

In the middle of a clash, you can simply spam your Noxious Trap because it’s hard to notice it and evade it in the middle of fights. It’s also a great follow-up to crowd control.

Take advantage of the bounces when you have multiple traps available by making them bounce towards the enemies. This is especially effective when the enemy has taken control of the Dragon Pit or Baron Nashor’s pit.