How to win lane as Teemo against Zac · 52.71% win rate (406 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Build MR — shroom %HP-poke, dodge his E, anti-heal.
Track: Zac's E — Elastic Slingshot (21–9s cooldown). His engage. Blind + kite it.
Read from Teemo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Zac.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Zac's level 1 is entirely autoattack-based — Blinding Dart 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 | Stretching Strikes is a grab, not a root, and it costs him health — hold past its 800 units after the blind and it never starts. |
| 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 — Guerrilla Warfare invisibility lets you vanish before he commits, and shrooms cover his landing zones. |
| First item | Teemo | Liandry's Torment 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 mana bar — Stretching Strikes, Unstable Matter and Elastic Slingshot are all paid for in his own current health, so every answer he gives you stacks with your poison. His trade options are walking up to auto, the 800-unit Q grab, or the telegraphed Elastic Slingshot wind-up, and that dash exists from level 1, not from 6. A single Blinding Dart erases the autoattack window, so open every wave by walking to Q range, blinding, and layering Toxic Shot as he retreats. Watch the ground for Cell Division blobs and shroom those exact tiles so he cannot reabsorb the HP he just spent.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Teemo's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Teemo, slightly — a 52.71% win rate edge over 406 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Teemo has a small statistical edge (52.71% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Teemo has a slight edge (52.71% 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 Zac.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Nashor's Tooth (on-hit poison) first, then Liandry's Torment, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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