Maokai vs Teemo Counter Pick

105 games is a thin sample, so the 55.2% Maokai records against Teemo in the top role on patch 16.13.1 reads as a lean rather than a settled verdict. The mechanical reasons behind it are clear enough.

• Blinding Dart matters less here — it disables basic attacks, and Maokai’s damage sits in Bramble Smash, Sapling Toss and Nature’s Grasp rather than in autos.
• Range still hurts — 500 against 125 means Teemo controls the early wave and can break off a trade whenever he wants.
• Bulk decides the late game — 2,518 health and 123.4 armor at level eighteen against 2,383 and 100.5.

Teemo’s damage is mixed, with Toxic Shot poisoning on hit and Noxious Trap covering the map, so magic resistance alone does not answer him; Maokai’s damage is entirely magic, which Teemo’s 30 base magic resistance and light armor both feel. Guerrilla Warfare keeps him invisible while stationary and mushrooms make roaming expensive, but neither stops a champion who heals off incoming spells and threatens an untargetable root on Twisted Advance. Move speed separates them barely, 335 against 330, so escapes come from Move Quick rather than from base statistics. Teemo’s 615 base health against 665 also means a landed Twisted Advance is rarely survivable once a sapling and the bramble wall follow. Teemo is rated 6 for difficulty, Maokai 3.