How to win lane as Teemo against Karma · 53.77% win rate (1,272 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Weather the poke — blind her Focused Resolve and poison every path she walks.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). Her root tether — breaks if you LoS / outrange it.
Read from Teemo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma's Q poke hits from outside your auto range and she holds Focused Resolve at full cooldown — she sets the tone before your Blinding Shot matters. |
| Level 2 | Teemo | Her root is Focused Resolve, not Mantra-Q — it tethers at 675 and only fires if you fail to break the leash; at level 2 that window is hers. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Both kits are online but neither decisively wins the trade: your Q cancels her autos but not her Q poke, and her E shield eats your poison burst — genuine skill matchup here. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Her cooldowns are short enough that Focused Resolve returns faster than your Q can permanently lock her out; she wins the sustained poke war if she plays safely around your blind timer. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Noxious Trap seals both jungle entrances and the river bush — Karma cannot roam or take vision without triggering a slow-and-reveal chain, giving you the macro initiative window. |
| First item | Teemo | Karma's first-item AP burst (Shadowflame amplifying your poison's magic pen) combined with her E shield makes her the stronger duelist in a straight fight at this item breakpoint. |
| Two+ items | Teemo | At full build Karma outpeels and outbursts you in teamfight scenarios — but your split-push pressure in a shroom-warded side lane keeps her reactive and out of position all game. |
Karma outranges you at level 1 — her Q poke lands before your Blinding Shot can punish her autos, and she can fish for a Focused Resolve root with her full cooldown available. Do not walk up to start the poke war; last-hit at the edge of minion range and let the first wave show you her spacing habits. At level 2 your Q goes up and the dynamic shifts slightly: if she walks up to auto you into a Focused Resolve tether, blind her immediately so her autos miss the tether damage window. The problem is she does not need autos to hurt you — her Q alone pokes through the blind, and her E shield absorbs the retaliatory poison burst before it stacks. Accept a slightly losing level 1-2 and focus on not burning flash to escape an RQ all-in.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Teemo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Teemo vs Karma 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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Teemo, slightly — a 53.77% win rate edge over 1,272 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Teemo has a small statistical edge (53.77% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Teemo has a slight edge (53.77% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Teemo takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Nashor's Tooth (on-hit poison) first, then Liandry's Torment, with Mercury's Treads.
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