Garen vs Teemo

Garen
vs
47.6%

over 468 games

Teemo

Skill matchup

Heavy AP damageHeavy pokeHigh burstSustained DPS

Build vs Teemo

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Force of Nature, Dead Man's Plate, Infinity Edge.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1
Phantom Dancer
2
Mortal Reminder
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Youmuu's Ghostblade
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot86%
FlashTeleport6%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Force of Nature
Dead Man's Plate
Infinity Edge
Executioner's Calling
Lord Dominik's Regards
Sterak's Gage
B. F. Sword
Voltaic Cyclosword
Black Cleaver
Spear of Shojin
Serrated Dirk
Death's Dance
Serpent's Fang
Randuin's Omen
Kaenic Rookern
Tiamat
Maw of Malmortius
Hullbreaker
Guardian Angel
Wit's End
Spirit Visage
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Trinity Force
Hollow Radiance
Endless Hunger
49.4% WR81 games
SorcerySorcery
Stormraider's SurgeStormraider's Surge
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Gathering StormGathering Storm
ResolveResolve
Second WindSecond Wind
OvergrowthOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Teemo's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Guerrilla Warfare (P)

If 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.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
37s14s0s–
67s14s0s0.25s
97s14s0s0.25s
117s14s0s0.25s
167s14s0s0.25s
187s14s0s0.25s

Playing as Garen

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Silence, spin, back off

    Trade with Decisive Strike (Q), then Judgment (E), and back off: the Decisive Strike silence stops your opponent from answering with spells.

  2. Stay closest to your opponent

    During Judgment (E), stay closer to your opponent than to their minions: the nearest enemy takes extra damage.

  3. Back off to regenerate

    After a trade, back off until Perseverance (passive) kicks in: without recent damage taken, you regenerate part of your health every second.

  4. Courage just before impact

    Activate Courage (W) just before the bulk of the damage: you first gain a shield and tenacity, then a longer damage reduction.

  5. Save your R to finish

    Save Demacian Justice (R) to finish: its true damage grows with the target's missing health.

Playing against Teemo

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Only close in for a real trade

    Only get close to him to start a real trade: each Teemo auto poisons you with Toxic Shot (E), and the poison keeps ticking while you back off.

  2. Trade after his dart

    If you rely on autos, start your trade right after Blinding Dart (Q): he has nothing left to blind you with during its 7-second cooldown.

  3. Reveal his mushrooms

    Before a dragon or Baron, move in with an Oracle Lens or a Control Ward: they reveal the Noxious Trap (R) mushrooms, which otherwise stay stealthed for minutes.

  4. Call your jungler when he steps up

    Ask for a gank when he steps up in your lane: Teemo has no dash, and only the Move Quick (W) sprint helps him escape.

Patch 16.21.1