How to win lane as Teemo against Ryze · 44.85% win rate (1,039 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His range matches yours and the root chain catches your kite. Respect the all-in and play for shroom picks.
Track: Ryze's W — Rune Prison (11–9s cooldown). His point-blank root — sets up his combo. Bait it.
Read from Teemo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Ryze.
This is Teemo's own plan; across 1,039 pooled games the lane is Ryze-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ryze | Ryze's 1000-range Overload gives him real level-1 agency — you cannot simply walk up and set Toxic Shot stacks without eating a poke trade you may not win, and he has no shield to bait. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Spell Flux does not root on its own — only a Flux-marked Rune Prison does, and he rarely lands both at level 2. Move Quick still escapes cleanly, so the window is genuinely even. |
| Level 3 | Teemo | Toxic Shot poison accumulates faster than his mana-gated spell spam can sustain; the blind will not touch his Overload resets, so win this on poison, not on denying damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Teemo | Your strongest sustained lane control window: shrooms deny his safe CS angles, Blinding Dart chips every approach, and he has no shield and no dash to survive a full Toxic Shot DoT once he commits. |
| Level 6 | Teemo | Noxious Trap placement accelerates after 6 — river and tribush shrooms expose Realm Warp destinations and cut his roam threat, extending your poke window into the objective phase. |
| First item | Teemo | Liandry's Torment makes every Toxic Shot tick and every shroom step threatening enough that Ryze cannot farm into his scaler fantasy safely; this is your peak power moment, force him off the wave. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Full-build Ryze's W root chains cancel Move Quick and his Q damage outpaces your Liandry DoT at 2+ items — respect the damage spike and play for map control, not the duel. |
Ryze level 1 is no pushover — Overload (Q) reaches 1000 units, comfortably past your auto range, so you cannot simply walk up and free-poke the way you would into a melee. He has no shield to bait, though: play just outside his Q range, wait for him to step toward CS, then land a Blinding Dart and trade two or three Toxic Shot autos before retreating with Move Quick. The rule that matters is the order of his spells. Spell Flux (E) does not root anything on its own — it marks you, and only a Rune Prison (W) landed on a Flux-marked target roots instead of slowing. Flux on your health bar is the cue to leave. Set a mushroom in the tribush at 00:30 so you always know if he is cutting your retreat path.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Teemo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Teemo vs Ryze 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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Ryze — Teemo wins only 44.85% of 1,039 games, so Teemo plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Ryze holds a real statistical advantage (55.15% win rate), so Teemo is the one working uphill.
No — Ryze counters Teemo (Teemo wins only 44.85% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
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 Ryze.
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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