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The brutal pangs of being otp

GarthBrooksXD·1/5/2018, 9:38:13 AM·3 votes·1,715 views

Just looking through my op.gg and remembering how all my recent games went. It is clear. I'm only good at one champion and this is Teemo. Since i hit diamond im about 50% win rate on teemo but.... any other champion I play results in high chance for me being a big reason for a loss.

I've played 14 game since getting diamond. I'm 5-5 on Teemo in diamond. 0-4 on all other champion. My only good game on another champion was on sivir, and this is a marksman like teemo so it makes sense that I am only skilled on back line champions.

Of the teemo games, I'm directly responsible for a loss twice imo. It's not so much the kda but what happened in each game that led to a loss or a win.

Of the other 3 teemo losses, 1 due to duo q high elo smurfs on enemy team, 1 due to adc ragequit/int, the other due to mid laner/jg flaming each other since 2 min til end of game and outright giving up after 10 minutes.

I've been experimenting with some champions on other accounts and in flex q. I think i need a bigger champ pool like 3-5 well mastered top laners rather than just Teemo. So I tried:

  1. Vladimir: I thought this might feel similar to Teemo playstyle, but actually it is very very boring imo.
  2. Fiora: I love this. I think its super fun. I would have to practice a shit ton more with it though because I don't play it very well.
  3. Jax: Decently easy to play and great scaling. But feels so bad if I lose lane.
  4. Tanks- Malphite, Maokai, Ornn: I like pushing R on malphite. Most endorphin releasing activity in my life. But his lane phase and reliance on team makes me cringe. Ornn is on permaban. Maokai needs his team way too much and is boring af imo.
  5. Quinn: Too easy to feed ur ass off even if fed.
  6. Pantheon: I actually played him a lot already. Games on it just feel so boom or bust, He's also incredibly boring.
  7. Illaoi: This was actually fun, but it felt so broken that I don't think it doesn't get nerfed very soon.

Idk what I'm gonna do for sure. I guess I'm leaning towards fiora jax and illaoi as the champs I will practice.

22 Comments

Final Spark Lux1/5/2018, 9:44:43 AM4 votes

I literally only support, and 99% of the time it's being myself ((Lux)), so I know where you're coming from. I'm not actually sure what you could do regarding other champions to play. Honestly, I see no reason to play anything else if you enjoy the champion, and you're doing well with him.

A good step towards improving further would be to go back through your history and watch a few (or a ton of) replays. Really analyze what you need to do to not make the same mistakes you again, and make a conscious effort to avoid those mistakes more and more each game. You're already able to admit that you made mistakes. You're already 1/2 way there to fixing whatever problem it is you have.

Oxyrotten1/5/2018, 9:58:54 AM2 votes

The problem with being a teemos main is teemos has no to very little skill involved. His kit is so basic that there are no mechanics to abuse, aside from maybe a movespeed steroid or stealth mechanic. Proper shroom placement is the skill cap for teemos.

Mundo might be a good champ to try, his kit is pretty simple and his gameplay is rather rewarding. He also has a decent skill cap as well as a decent skill floor. He's not backline but has some good sustain/survivability that allows him to play around a team and positioning.

Garen and tryn are also some other toplaners with relatively easy to learn kits, and they both have a decent skill cap so you can get good at them and learn to abuse their mechanics to better impact the game.

Stained Spear1/5/2018, 11:21:02 AM2 votes

Teemo is a lane bully ranged toplaner. Since you like that playstyle I would suggest heimerdinger, swain or kennen. Idk if you build nashor's tooth ever but kayle does that too and she is currently one of the highest winrate toplaners so you could try her out. You complain about boredom, maybe try running around with singed for fun. If you want to eat people try out cho'gath. If you like teamfighting rumble is a beast. Good luck and I hope to never see Teemo again lol.

Wráthful1/5/2018, 9:49:24 AM1 votes

i'd suggest trying out similar to teemo champions i used to be otp yas but it's not rly good to be one below high diamond since everyone hates u and bans your champion. now i play whatever .wanted to play only yas but this cannot happen.

Oxyrotten1/5/2018, 10:19:22 AM1 votes

Have you tried panth? You seem like a panth player.