Shen vs Teemo in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his low-CD Q can land twice in one all-in — the blind cancels your autos mid-taunt. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPSHENthe Eye of Twilight

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPTEEMOthe Swift Scout

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How to play it

✓ DO

Fear his Q

His Blinding Dart has a tiny cooldown — he can get two Q's in a single all-in, so don't taunt in expecting your autos to land.

Only taunt with an edge

Taunt in only when you're up a level, under tower, near bushes to kite into, getting a gank, or he's already chunked to ~60% — otherwise wait for ganks.

Hunt him level 1

Try to find him before minions (~1:05–1:20); if you do, start E and all-in, and if he's late to lane permahit minions to hit level 2 first.

✕ DON'T

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Never taunt in on a whim — if you're not up a level, near tower or bushes, or he isn't already chunked, you lose the all-in even when the taunt lands.

Runes

RESOLVEmatchup page

INSPIRATIONoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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