Frozen Mallet Nerfs and Ad Teemo. Riot pls.

Teemo and·Feb 9, 2018·4 votes·1,077 views

In case its not obvious I'm a Teemo main. I have 1,000,000+ Mastery points with Teemo.

My favorite build with him is AD Bruiser/on hit. I understand if Nerfs to Mallet are needed for other top laners. But the nerfs really put Ad Teemo in a rough spot. Mallet is very essential, so much so that I built it first in many matchups.

I want to keep the playstyle that AD Teemo brings to top lane. Maybe Riot should look at pushing Teemo into the AP direction and making another (Yordle) ranged AD splitpush champ.

I know the community doesnt like Teemo, but I've been playing AD Teemo since season 1 and the changes just feel really bad. That combined with the weird state of top lane leaves League in an ehhh place for me.

/Rant.

8 Comments

ShuyinTheXFeb 9, 20184 votes

My favorite build with him is AD Bruiser/on hit. I understand if Nerfs to Mallet are needed for other top laners. But the nerfs really put Ad Teemo in a rough spot. Mallet is very essential, so much so that I built it first in many matchups.

You are a part of the reason this nerf needs to happen.

As for the overall playstyle, it's the exact same as every other ranged harassment lane. "I'm going to poke you with ranged auto-attacks you can do nothing about then run like a little bitch if you try to fight me."

Teemo andFeb 9, 20182 votes

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I understand if Nerfs to Mallet are needed for other top laners. But the nerfs really put Ad Teemo in a rough spot. Mallet is very essential, so much so that I built it first in many matchups.

You are a part of the reason this nerf needs to happen.

AD Teemo is not he problem with frozen mallet. Its my understanding that it's Gnar who is currently abusing it. Urgot is also getting hit hard by this nerf.

As for playstyle, there isnt anyone who plays the kite game/splitpushes like AD Teemo.

ShuyinTheXFeb 9, 20182 votes

It's not even so much Mallet, it's ranged harassment in general that's a problem. Urgot, Teemo, and Gnar all have the ability to run away easily if engaged on, Mallet makes it even more impossible to catch up to them.

It's a needed nerf to the item.

Teemo andFeb 9, 20181 votes

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It's not even so much Mallet, it's ranged harassment in general that's a problem. Urgot, Teemo, and Gnar all have the ability to run away easily if engaged on, Mallet makes it even more impossible to catch up to them.

It's a needed nerf to the item.

That 30% slow has been there since 2009. Mallet is not making it "impossible" to catch Teemo/Urgot. Nerf the damage or health, not the reason the item exists. Or better yet, Nerf the champ abusing it.

ShuyinTheXFeb 9, 20182 votes

While I'm always up for Teemo nerfs, in the case of Mallet on Teemo, it's Mallet's fault.

Teemo andFeb 10, 20181 votes

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While I'm always up for Teemo nerfs, in the case of Mallet on Teemo, it's Mallet's fault.

The "lel its teemo idc" arguement gets old after a while. Long time top teemo mains have stopped playing him nearly completely and the ones who are still playing, are playing him AP. I agree AP Teemo is in a good spot. AD is playable but it sure wont be after next patch.

http://na.op.gg/champion/teemo/statistics/top

BeatzBoyFTWFeb 9, 20182 votes

Gnar, and some ADCs who weren't even meant to build it, like Vayne & Kogmaw.

BeatzBoyFTWFeb 9, 20181 votes

Do you even acknowledged how toxic it is for a Teemo to purchase Frozen Mallet & continuously AA a running enemy to death with your slowed AAs? Cz this is the BIG reason why it had to be nerfed.

Aside from that, Frozen Mallet nerf has nothing to do with AD Teemo anyway.