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Teemo vs Malzahar

How often does Teemo beat Malzahar in Top?

Teemo into Malzahar in Top: 46% observed win rate across 280 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Teemo behind by 396 gold.

Teemo at 15:00

Typical gap to Malzahar, from 279 games that reached 15:00.

Does Teemo counter Malzahar?

No counter here: Teemo sits at 46% over 280 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Malzahar: the Teemo game plan

A gold lead at 10:00 puts Teemo at 61% across 110 games. Flip the lead and Teemo falls to 37% across 170.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0061%110
Behind in gold at 10:0037%170
First blood53%134
+kills at 10:0057%96
+CS at 10:0068%80
0 deaths at 10:0063%78

Someone usually dies here around 6:30 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:25. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Teemo's Top build, with receipts

Into Malzahar specifically, Teemo finishes Statikk Shiv first most often: 47.7% over 88 games of this matchup.

The most-finished Teemo core is Statikk Shiv, Liandry's Torment, Malignance: 55.4% across 3,644 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Statikk Shiv (11,525 games).

Skill plan: Teemo players max E first and take E at level 1.

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