Shen vs Teemo - Matchup Guide | Patch 26.14

YouShen

EnemyTeemo

Win Condition

Your goal is not to win the 1v1, but to survive it. Use to win the other two lanes, and buy Oracle Lens to negate his control in teamfights.

Overview

This is a survival lane where Teemo tries to poke you out of gold range using . You win by maintaining your health bar until you can find an all-in opportunity with or a jungle gank. You have significantly more map impact with , but you will likely fall behind in CS.

Difficulty

Hard

completely counters your primary damage source, , making it almost impossible to win trades if he holds his blind.

You (Shen)

•Burst damage with
•Auto-attack negation with
•Engage and CC with
•Global presence with

Them (Teemo)

•Sustained magic poke with
•Auto-attack denial with
•Kiting and MS with
•Zone control with

Teemo's Abilities

Ability	Threat	What It Means For You
	Low	Gives him attack speed when leaving stealth. Don't face-check bushes if he's missing or you'll eat a fast barrage.
	High	Blinds you, causing empowered autos to miss. Do not trade while this is active.
	Med	Passive and active move speed. Makes landing difficult; try to tag him with the slow first.
	Med	Passive poison damage on every auto. Use shield and to mitigate this harass.
	High	Invisible mushrooms that slow and burn. Buy Oracle Lens immediately at level 6 to clear your path before using .

Lane Phase

Lvl 1-5

→Give up CS to keep your HP high; you can't roam with later if you're forced to base.
→Use shield to absorb poke whenever you walk up to last-hit a cannon or melee minion.
→Position your spirit blade behind him using so you can drag it through him for the slow and damage buff.
→If he wastes on a minion, immediately look for an all-in as he has no way to stop your damage.

Lvl 6+Power spike

→Buy Oracle Lens and use it every time you try to engage to avoid hitting a mushroom.
→Teemo cannot stop your channel unless he kills you, so look for plays to impact the map and get other lanes ahead.
→Build early Magic Resist like Negatron Cloak or Spectre's Cowl to survive the constant and burn.

Trading Patterns

Safe Poke

Position blade behind him -> to slow him -> 1 auto-attack with shield up -> walk away.

Punish

Wait for him to use to poke or farm -> onto him -> through him -> 3 empowered autos while his blind is on cooldown.

All-in

-> (drag through) -> Auto-attack. If he uses , immediately activate to block his autos until the blind wears off, then finish with Ignite and remaining charges.

Respect

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Blind — It makes you deal zero damage for its duration and wastes your stacks.
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mushroom fields — Stepping on one while chasing will slow you and allow him to kite you to death with .
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stacking damage — The poison burn prevents your health regen and can execute you if you stay in lane too long with low HP.
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Teemo's range — He will attempt to auto you every time you walk up for a minion; never take damage for free.

Punish

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is on cooldown — Force a hard trade or all-in with as he cannot stop your damage.
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Teemo is overextended — He has no hard CC or dashes. into a jungle gank is a guaranteed kill or Flash.
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is on cooldown — He is much easier to catch with when he doesn't have the bonus sprint speed.
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Level 2 power spike — If you hit level 2 first, + can chunk 60% of his health before he even levels .

Wave Management

Early

Let him push the wave toward your tower. This keeps you safe from poke and makes him vulnerable to your or a jungler.

Post-6

Try to keep the wave neutralized. If you see a play with , shove as fast as possible with so you lose fewer plates.

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Ability

Threat

What It Means For You

Low

Gives him attack speed when leaving stealth. Don't face-check bushes if he's missing or you'll eat a fast barrage.

High

Blinds you, causing empowered autos to miss. Do not trade while this is active.

Med

Passive and active move speed. Makes landing difficult; try to tag him with the slow first.

Med

Passive poison damage on every auto. Use shield and to mitigate this harass.

High

Invisible mushrooms that slow and burn. Buy Oracle Lens immediately at level 6 to clear your path before using .