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How to Synergize Teemo with Karthus on the Same TeamTeemo is in the a tier of champions

Teemo with Karthus

How to Win With Teemo and Karthus Paired TogetherTeemo is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Teemo and Karthus

based on 2,878 Teemo with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Teemo has fought alongside Karthus in 2878 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are sure that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Teemo play with Karthus. It is very rare for Teemo to play alongside Karthus as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 0.9% of games with Teemo.

Teemo Karthus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Teemo does a below average job of synergizing with Karthus. On average, he wins an acceptable 48.7% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Teemo when fighting on the same team as Karthus by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Teemo vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Teemo Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameVoid StaffZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Teemo to level upq
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Second ability for Teemo to level upe
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Last skill for Teemo to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Teemo's passive ability p
Teemo's q ability q
Teemo's w ability w
Teemo's e ability e
Teemo's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Teemo and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Teemo with Karthus

Teemo's mushrooms can be used to farm creep waves very effectively.

Place your mushrooms at key locations on the map, such as by the Dragon or Baron Nashor, to reveal when your enemies might be attempting to kill them.

Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Teemo Karthus Synergy Stats

Teemo Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Karthus Image
5.5
< Kills >
5.4
7
< Deaths >
6.6
7.3
< Assists >
7
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
137
< Minions Killed >
133
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
2,716
< Physical Damage >
2,638
22,889
< Magic Damage >
22,850
1,746
< True Damage >
1,727
27,352
< Damage Dealt >
27,216
22,918
< Damage Taken >
22,114
11,613
< Gold Earned >
11,440
1.88
< Towers >
1.97
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,812
< Total Healing >
3,068
14,785
< Experience >
14,478
29
< Vision Score >
27
12
< Wards Placed >
11
503
< Time Dealing CC >
505

How to Play with Karthus as Teemo in LoL

The Teemo Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Teemo sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Karthus helps Teemo perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Teemo plays on the same team as Karthus, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Karthus provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Teemo is played together with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.

Moreover, when Teemo plays with Karthus on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Teemo during team fights.

Synergies between Teemo and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Teemo
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Teemo
Karthus

Is Teemo better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no one best companion for Teemo that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Karthus is a very bad companion for Teemo. By locking into the same team as Teemo, he lowers their win rate by -3.9% to 48.7%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad bond between Teemo and Karthus that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Karthus has a greater difficulty than Teemo. That means Teemo players should be careful when enlisting Karthus teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Teemo and Karthus together, you will not be providing your other allies enough engage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Karthus ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Teemo Players

How We Calculated Our Teemo Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Teemo and Karthus, we analyzed 2,878 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Teemo with Karthus comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Teemo to work well with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to have in your Teemo and Karthus synergy build include Malignance, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Teemo combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Karthus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Teemo boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Teemo players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.

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