How to win lane as Karma against Teemo · 47.37% win rate over 38 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Teemo out-ranges your Q detonation and Blinding Dart blanks your autos, so you can only chip damage you can't refund through Gathering Fire. |
| Level 2 | Teemo | His move speed kites every step-up and the blind cancels your Q follow-up, keeping the poke war on his terms. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Once Dart is on its long cooldown you can Q-W in and threaten the root — a genuinely even window if you bait the blind first. |
| Levels 4-5 | Teemo | He blinds and kites your RQ rotations while E poison out-sustains your mana, neutering the bully phase you'd have vs a melee. |
| Level 6 | Karma | Mantra was up at level 1, so 6 gives neither of you a new ult — RQ Soulflare plus the lengthened RW root is your one no-dash all-in. |
| First item | Teemo | His first Liandry's/Nashor's poke and early shrooms answer your AP spike, so RQ burst stops chunking him for free. |
| Two+ items | Teemo | Shroom walls, blind-kite, and splitpush take over and Karma has no late spike, so you peel and roam instead of dueling. |
Teemo out-ranges your Q detonation, and Blinding Dart shuts off the autos and on-hits that feed Gathering Fire — so you can't grind down his health or refund Mantra the way you do against an immobile mage. Last-hit at max Q range, accept a little E poison, and never throw Q into auto range where he blinds your follow-up and kites off. The play is to bait the blind first: once Dart is on its long cooldown, Q-W in and the tether threatens the root, but that's your only safe commit.
The full Karma vs Teemo report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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