This will probably get downvoted, but I believe Teemo could use a small buff.

Sozan5·7/31/2017, 6:19:44 PM·5 votes·1,622 views

Hi ho!

So, last couple of patches were all a string of indirect nerfs to Teemo - for all of his builds nonetheless. There were caused by:

  • Adaptive Helmet and its buff later (very significant against Teemo)
  • Rework of Thornmail
  • Duskblade buff (blackout passive is now on a core item)

As a result of those, Teemo got quite a bit weaker than before (and it's not like he was very strong before), and as such I think it's time for a small buff.

That said, I don't want to just up his damage, because that will make him oppressive against champions that don't build those items. So, instead we could make him a tiny bit more slippery by buffing his base movement speed slightly and W active (which is very uderwhelming).

For example:

Movement Speed 335 (from 330) - so, from below average to average. To give you an idea, here are some champions that have 335 ms: Morgana Malzahar Kennen Amumu Talon Annie Viktor TwistedFate

And W active changes, for example:

  • Adding an AP scaling (let's say 2-3% per 100 AP) - Make Teemo ignore unit collision
  • Cooldown ticks down 30/35/40/45/50% faster while passive is active (this sounds strong until you realize that Teemo W is on 17 second cooldown at all ranks)
  • Passive is automatically active after W ends (currently if you get hit during W active, the passive will be disabled after active ends)

What would those changes accomplish: It would augment his strengths while leaving weak points in tact. It would help Teemo scout around the map (the faster cd while passive is on would make using W for out of combat boost feel much less awful).

Tl;dr: Teemo is weaker so he gotta go faster.

And here's mandatory gif of Teemo moving fast (by courtesy of Crazy Boris):

https://media.giphy.com/media/gZRnfy4ApoIVO/giphy.gif?noredirect

22 Comments

JustMonika137/31/2017, 6:31:55 PM1 votes

Teemo being Satan is just a meme at this point; yes he can be annoying but it is not at all difficult to deal with him. He might need a few buffs + totally needs a VGU

Yuyiyo7/31/2017, 6:34:39 PM1 votes

As much as I hate Teemo I would say this is fair and understandable.

Darkdemon6537/31/2017, 6:34:40 PM1 votes

{quoted}

  • Duskblade buff (blackout passive is now on a core item)

Blackout is just wards.

But yes, Teemo has needed buffs for a long time. Until he simply can't be played top, I doubt he will get them.

Tilt Fiend7/31/2017, 6:38:19 PM1 votes

I think this would be awful purely because frozen mallet/rylais. One auto and you're not going anywhere lmao.

Critmaster Garen7/31/2017, 6:43:17 PM1 votes

http://champion.gg/champion/Teemo/Top?league=

doesnt look like he needs it.

why buff a balanced champion? imo he needs a rework more than anything else, but until then there are no buffs required at this point.

hiukas7/31/2017, 6:58:27 PM1 votes

Lol

LostFr0st7/31/2017, 7:56:07 PM1 votes

Buffing base and W movespeed would just make the champ more forgiving.

IF Teemo needed a buff, I would rather it was one that required skill expression to use.

Narzal7/31/2017, 10:39:53 PM1 votes

This looks reasonable but... item 3147 sucks, if you put shroom in the right spot, they'll just walk into it and blow up also wasting their passive because it's delayed for it to pop up until really close. Movement speed? pff nothing worse than to gank a overextended Teemo withitem 3009} scurrying back to turret after laughing at you half way cause you're still stepping on his shrooms minefield giving you the ;^).