Let's discuss ways to nerf Teemo

Cloud273·Sep 3, 2016·1 votes·682 views

If you were to nerf Teemo, what would you do to him? I can think of several ways, but perhaps you can come up with something more creative. They could give his 'e' a mana cost, for starters, so he can't just spam it all day. Considering it applies on hit effects this seems reasonable. They could also increase his cooldowns, or nerf his damage slightly. Or, they could nerf the duration of his blind. Another option is to nerf the range on his blind, or his auto attack range. As you can see, we have multiple options for nerfing Teemo, but I'm sure there are tons of things I haven't thought of. Use your imagination!

12 Comments

LadyRenlySep 3, 20162 votes

teemo is already considered a troll pick, competitively unviable and people may report you if you want to play him.

JuiceNJewsSep 3, 20161 votes

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teemo is already considered a troll pick, competitively unviable and people may report you if you want to play him.

He's just extremely binary, perhaps one of the most binary champs, with just about all of his AoE damage/cc loaded into a circumstancial ult, thus he's not particularly liked in competitive.

Nonetheless he has some of the highest if not THE highest single target DPS in the game if built correctly and can be played very successfully in DQ so I wouldn't call him a troll pick or continue enforcing that image, a good Teemo can singlehandedly carry games be it in bronze or diamond.

EedatSep 3, 20161 votes

They could give his 'e' a mana cost, for starters, so he can't just spam it all day. Considering it applies on hit effects this seems reasonable.

His E IS an on-hit effect. You're saying auto attacks shouldn't apply on-hit effects? Wut?

OleandervineSep 3, 20162 votes

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His E IS an on-hit effect. You're saying auto attacks shouldn't apply on-hit effects? Wut?

I think he means it should be a toggle mana cost like the old Manamune effect and Ashe's old Q.

And also, Teemo is not in need of nerfs. You just don't know how to counter him. Buy MR and the red trinket. Also don't immediately rage.

EedatSep 3, 20161 votes

I never said he needed nerfs. I was just point out that his E is an on-hit effect

OleandervineSep 3, 20161 votes

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I never said he needed nerfs. I was just point out that his E is an on-hit effect

That was for the OP.

Cloud273Sep 5, 20161 votes

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I think he means it should be a toggle mana cost like the old Manamune effect and Ashe's old Q.

And also, Teemo is not in need of nerfs. You just don't know how to counter him. Buy MR and the red trinket. Also don't immediately rage.

Teemo can have how many shrooms on the map? I can't remember exactly but I know it's a lot. A smart teemo won't put all his shrooms in the same place, so red trinket only works on one shroom. He could still have like a dozen or more scattered throughout the field. Also, he always seems to do a ton of damage, even when he's not fed. In my last game, I was versing a Teemo, and he did more than their Veigar, who had like 5 more kills than him. At the end of the game he had like 50k damage. For someone who's a "troll pick", he sure does a ton of damage.

zlumpySep 3, 20161 votes

What exactly about teemo actually warrants him getting a nerf. I never understood this. If you have a bad match up play safe farm under tower play for the team game and end up more useful than him. His damage is so single target even his ult that he doesn't really bring much to a team outside of blind the adc. If you git close enough to do that odds are your small hp pool is about to disappear real quick.

If they have teemo be smart about toaming and ganking he cant cover everything after all.

JuiceNJewsSep 3, 20161 votes

I don't think he needs a nerf, he wrecks auto-attackers and gets wrecked by casters. If anything maybe he could do with being a little less oppressive in 1v1 and a little more useful in teamfights. But then again, he fits a certain niché and not all champs needs to be good at everything so the best course might just be to leave him alone or just focusing on QoL.