@Balance team What is the next step for Teemo?

Because even with the small buffs he got last patch, still feel underwhelming compared to his previous state.

I am a long time Teemo player. He is pretty much the champion that got me into the game, back in season 1. I mostly played him to get to 30 and have been playing him every season quite a bit. As of today, I own all his skins and he is still one of my most played champions. I was a bit afraid of the update, but I knew it was with the objective of making him a better and less toxic champion in the end.

Now, I completely understand that reducing the duration of the mushrooms was a necessity in order to add power to the rest of his kit, reduce his amount of invisible power and also reduce the amount of frustration he can cause. However, he will still need more adjustments to make up for that huge power loss.

Here is what I would propose. Keep in mind that I am just tossing some ideas around and that not all the proposed changes should happen :

Passive : I honestly think his E should be his passive. His current E is just not interesting, being a passive ability and all, and a simple dps boost. It could scale with level instead of being caped at level 9 like it currently is, making it better late game.

Q : This ability is fine. Defines Teemo as an anti-AA champion. Is also a decent point and click nuke when building AP.

W : I still think this ability is underwhelming. The passive part is fine. It allows him to move around the map faster, but the active just feel so weak to use. I would personally add a slow removal upon activation to make it feel better to use at the proper timing instead of just "I need to move a bit faster now".

E : His new E should be camouflage. It could be divided into a passive and active part. The passive would be the same he currently has (stealth faster in brush and staying this way as long as he does not leave it or attack). The active could be that if used in a brush, you take reduced damage from AoE or just straight damage reduction. Another idea would be that you stay stealthed a certain amount of time (scaling with rank up) outside a brush if you activate it inside one.

R : I am fine with throwing mushrooms around. What I really did not like was the increased arm time duration. Currently, Teemo can't use it reactively when someone jump on him anymore because of that increased arm time, and throwing it in a team fight with the hope of it exploding on many people is night impossible. It feels horrible to keep your mushrooms for a fight only to have people just waltz right past them before they arm (or just destroy them). Just put the arm time back to 1 sec and it should be fine.

Anyway, that's my two cents as a Teemo player. Would really appreciate if the anyone from the live balance (Repertoir, Meddler, etc.) could comment on what they think of Teemo currently and what would be the next step to improve him.

Thanks for reading and sharing toughts on our little satanic Yordle .