How to win lane as Teemo against Zac · 52.71% win rate over 406 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Zac's level 1 is entirely autoattack-based — Blinding Shot negates it before a single blob even hits the floor. |
| Level 2 | Teemo | Q blind plus Toxic Shot poison means every trade at level 2 nets you free damage while he swings at air. |
| Level 3 | Teemo | His Q root is online but so is your full kit — step back to max Q range after the blind lands and deny his root cast distance. |
| Levels 4-5 | Teemo | Max-rank Blinding Shot lasts long enough to auto-poison him through the entire Elastic Slingshot cooldown window if you dodge the cast. |
| Level 6 | Teemo | Let's Bounce is a teamfight tool, not a 1v1 tool — camouflage passive lets you vanish before he can commit, and shrooms cover his bounce-landing zones. |
| First item | Teemo | Liandry's Angueur DoT shreds his tank HP while mushrooms delete his Cell Division blobs, stripping both his combat and sustain simultaneously. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | He is nearly unkillable at full build, but he still cannot safely split-push through a shroom-warded lane — play the map, not the duel. |
Zac has no ranged poke and no pre-6 dash — his only path to a trade is walking up and autoing or landing the telegraphed Elastic Slingshot wind-up. A single Blinding Shot erases his autoattack window entirely, so open every wave by walking up to Q range, dropping a blind, and then layering Toxic Shot autos as he retreats. Watch the ground for his Cell Division blobs: shroom those exact tiles immediately so he cannot run back and reabsorb the HP he just lost. His level 1 and 2 are among the weakest in the top lane — press that advantage hard before his Q root comes online at level 3.
The full Teemo vs Zac 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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