Am I the only one to think that Teemo is actually healthy compared to a lot of other champions?

Sasogwa·Oct 10, 2015·6 votes·630 views

How do I put that? Some years ago, I couldn't stand playing against Teemo. He was very strong in lane, super annoying and kinda countered my picks (Nasus mostly). Right now, I'm like.. glad when I see teemo. I feel he's way less infuriating to play against than some other picks that I won't quote. I mean, he doesn't have any dashes (!!) he just has a speed boost and conditional slow on shrooms he should have placed before, also a blind. He doesn't have insane selfpeeling, hypercarry dps with ridiculous steroids, perma dashes, %health true damage or whatever sh*t they put on champions now. That's just... insane how, put in perspective, Teemo seems so damn healthy.

9 Comments

DecritOct 11, 20153 votes

To be honest i feel he has too much stat check to be totally healty.

I think it most depends on what you do mean by healty. To me healty is something that makes the game experience valuable, and there is stuff going on with teemo like the stealth and the shrooms. However these 2 have little to add, mostly because they both involve invisibility mechanics, and the rest of the kit is somehow very stat checky. The traps are pretty much uninteractive, but i believe is forgivable since they can be predicted and add a strategic value to the champion. That goes a bit over the window because is hardly exploitable sometimes.

Sozan5Oct 11, 20153 votes

Let's be honest - Teemo's kit is not nearly as unhealthy as players make it out to be. It might've been unhealthy back in Seasons 1 and maybe 2 when the standards were different and well, Teemo was just stronger back then.

Right now there are plenty of counter strategies against Teemo that can be utilized by everyone - and Sweeping Lens is free too (which is a extremely important to use right before you go all in against Teemo). I don't think his kit is healthiest in the game, but by today standards and in current meta his kit is more or less healthy (and Teemo is a bit underwhelming right now, but this might change as he have a buff planned for next patch).

Hayaishi2Oct 11, 20152 votes

Yeah you are.

HaIlMonitorOct 11, 20152 votes

What I really like about teemo is how he is a lane bully that doesnt explode into a hype carry like so many other champions. Irelia Riven Zed Yasuo Viktor Jinx to name a few. I hate that If I kill hyper carrieds a few times in lane they still get out of control and if I do poorly vs them and god for bid die one time I instantly lose the match.

Only Play DariusOct 11, 20152 votes

Yes

Teemo only feels healthy because his numbers are intentionally undertuned despite how underloaded his one-trick pony of a kit is. Not to mention he is completely outclassed by Gnar, who does the same exact thing Teemo does except with more safety and actual teamfight presence.

Teemo is a champion Riot stated they would have never made if they had the experience back then that they do now. They have same or similar sentiment regarding Vlad, Poppy, Darius, and Yorick.

I believe they have also said they regret making Sona but unlike previously mentioned champions the community loves her.

Teemo needs a full rework but he is one of the oldest champions in the game, and is the unofficial mascot of League and Riot themselves have a running joke of how toxic Teemo is to play against, so a full rework to fix his kit issues is unlikely to happen for a very long time.

ModAcademy KaynOct 11, 20151 votes

No, it's just you.

IAMS4T4NOct 11, 20151 votes

hes just there to be annoying with his stupid little laugh, his annoying laning phase, and his shrooms hes butt useless and i hate having him on my team because i couldve had someone that could do something like maokai or malphite or shen but no i have fucking teemo

DivewingOct 11, 20151 votes

Teemo =/= unhealthy Teemo = rage induced aneurysm Honestly he's not unhealthy he's just annoying; Step on a shroom (fuck) Lose trade cos blind (grrrrr) Win teamfight but due to shroom (I swear this little....) Go to gank top and switch games to Minesweeper, stand on shroom anyway (FUCKIN TEEMO)