Ziggs vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Ziggs against Teemo · 46.15% win rate over 13 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Ziggs owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Teemo's 2, but the win rate still favours Teemo: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Ziggs wins 46.15% of games vs Teemo in top lane (13 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1ZiggsYour Q out-ranges Teemo's auto poke at level 1 for a free edge.
Level 2ZiggsAt level 2 he still can't shroom-zone you and you poke ahead.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 becomes a skillshot war as his blind cuts your auto damage.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 stay even, decided by who lands poke cleanly.
Level 6ZiggsLevel 6 R lets you snipe him before his shrooms take over.
First itemTeemoFirst item shrooms and blind let Teemo zone and out-DPS your poke.
Two+ itemsTeemoLate Teemo maps the lane with R and beats you in committed trades.

Early game (levels 1–5)

At 1-2 you're ahead — your Q out-ranges his auto poke and he can't shroom-zone you yet, so shove and land Bouncing Bomb whenever he steps to farm.

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The full Ziggs 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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