AP Tristana Nerfs and no AP Teemo nerfs?

Grimeys·11/29/2014, 3:18:07 PM·5 votes·1,296 views

As a frequent AP tristana player, I do agree with the upcoming nerfs on her E. I do believe AP Tristana is a very imbalanced champ. However, something that has really been bothering me is the fact that Riot rarely ever Nerfs teemo. His poison darts do a lot of damage, as well as his shrooms, which also does huge damage over time, as well as its massive slow duration. Playing against or with a teemo is never fun for anyone on my team, and I don't think it's fair that while my favorite champion is getting nerfed, Teemo still remains an increadibly overpowered champ in the game. As an inexperienced LoL player, I do need the community's opinion on this.

8 Comments

Cale01711/29/2014, 3:24:52 PM9 votes

They practically cut the scaling for his shrooms in half months ago.

Teemo isn't overpowered. He's annoying, but he isn't terribly difficult to beat. Stack MR if you're having that big a problem, and building a QSS or Mercurial Scimitar completely negates the damage from walking over a shroom.

The reason AP Trist gets nerfed while Teemo doesn't is because Teemo is meant to be played as an AP champion, while Tristana, much like Corki, is meant to be viable as a hybrid champ. This of course means that some people are going to try and play her to an extreme, yourself included, and while there's nothing wrong with that it means that Riot has to pay attention to both types of players to see where things need to be changed. AP Tristana can get pretty oppressive, and is squirelly enough to not be able to do anything to her when she can leap over a wall and blast you to smithereens. There's no counterplay to that, as opposed to a Teemo where you can try and remember where you've seen him place shrooms to use a Lightbringer, Oracle's Elixir, or Sweeping Lens to methodically remove them.

In short, AP Teemo hurts but can be handled if you're smart. But AP Trist jumping over a wall and teabagging your corpse has no counterplay.

Junkο11/29/2014, 4:58:13 PM3 votes

Teemo already got a huge nerf in the preseason: -Smiting chickens gives you the ability to see shrooms -Crab can trigger shrooms

Ahri Body Pillow11/29/2014, 3:58:50 PM3 votes

incredibly overpowered teemo 0/10 troll thread

Starrow11/29/2014, 6:23:03 PM2 votes

Teemo got REKT with his last nerfs and now with s5 crab on the river his shroom placement is nerfed even more.

Rustling Bush11/29/2014, 4:40:38 PM2 votes

thing is teemo gets mcfked by some cc. tristana can 100-0 someone then bounce away. besides, teemo ult doesn't scale with ad, it would be a great hindrance to nerf ap teemo.

PrinceArchie11/29/2014, 4:24:03 PM2 votes

He can also be shut down early if you initiate on him right. He's very squishy regardless.

Quort11/29/2014, 4:39:27 PM2 votes

Except Teemo isn't as safe or bursty ._.

Kuroi8611/29/2014, 10:33:38 PM1 votes

Teemo op...

dies laughing

That's the best joke I've heard all day!