Why Riot needs to put teemo on the priority list for rework

PhantomGG··2 votes·763 views

Gonna keep this short and sweet, skip to bottom if you wanna skip the details.

I will dodge every game, for the rest of my life if a teemo is on my team, and this is why I feel he should be reworked.

1-He has no identity, is he this one shot Ap assassin marksman who kills a adc with a single q and some poison autos? or is his this frozen mallet, hurricane on hit marksman team fighter? Truth be told he sucks at both and it's this lack of identity that ruins him as a champion.

2-If you think a 0/10 zed or riven on your team is useless, then oh boy, it must of been a while since you played with a teemo. A teemo does virtually nothing, if a teemo fails to flash q, one shot the enemy adc, then he will provide border line nothing for your team, even when fed. The ideal goal with having a teem on your team is that he makes the enemy top laner useless, and becomes this two v one split pusher. That or he gets fed and can just flash Q one shot the enemy adc. But even when fed a teemo is very easy to handle, just cc him for a single moment and even a 0 5 adc will make quick work of him.

3-Is his game play even healthy? So riot talked a big deal about wanting champions to be fun to face. But I don't think any of us who have ever faced a teemo ever went "YAYYYY im facing teemo. if you are a melle top laner, facing teemo is hell, even when you shut him down, it is hell. His q is a guarantee hit ability that procs poison damage that blinds you. Blinding for those who don't know is basically the adcs version of a silence. You know how mages hate being silenced? Well adcs hate being blinded. You mine as well be stunned. So teemo has a q that does THREE major things. First if he built AP it will do a really strong burst of damage, then it will blind you making it so you can't hit him back, and as you run away you are poisoned STILL taking damage. His single Q is border line a ultimate level ability. Late game it doesn't feel that much different from a Veigar ultimate if you are playing adc. Then onto his shrooms, I don't think anyone in this game has ever enjoyed just WALKING literally just WALKING and stepping on a random shroom and losing half their health bar. Having a teemo on the enemy basically tells everyone on your team BUY PINK WARDS AND SWEEPERS.

4-he is a joke character, and it started off funny, but now it's just making me ask. "is riot literally just gonna have teemo be nothing more then a meme?". Teemo has a interesting back story, he is introverted yordle, which is beyond rare for yordles, even his teachers find him disturbing. However in game, and in voice acting he is nothing more than a meme. So is it really okay to hold a character back so much just for the sake to keep him as a joke?

And that is why I believe he should be reworked

TLDR

1-Has no identity

2-can be increidbly useless even when win goal conditions are met

3-Is his game play even healthy?

4-Should he forever be just a meme and nothing more?

11 Comments

Estrynund2 votes

They already stole my rengar.

If they steal my teemo i will be upset.

PhantomGG1 votes

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They already stole my rengar.

If they steal my teemo i will blow myself up in a train station.

Curious why you feel rengar was stolen from you. They buffed his passive and his W and his R. All that changes is that Q no longer one shots people instantly.

Estrynund1 votes

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Curious why you feel rengar was stolen from you. They buffed his passive and his W and his R. All that changes is that Q no longer one shots people instantly.

It's a completely different champion, and imo and seemingly many rengar players agree, the champ he's become is miles less entertaining to play.

Passive and W force you to go tank, his R is a joke.

Torgal1 votes

They realy should rework him as an ADC. with a real ult (and shroom like E Jhin)

PhantomGG1 votes

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They realy should rework him as an ADC. with a real ult (and shroom like E Jhin)

agreed, plus as i said, his current q is just beyond abnoxious. Late game if you are playing adc, lets say ashe, a Fed full ap teemo q really doesn't feel any different from a veigar/syndra R.

Niyumi1 votes

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Try it one day. It makes you a god of 1v1s, and you can teamfight pretty well too. Teemo is far from useless. Sorry you can't make him work for you.

Otherworldz1 votes

They just need to improve teemo's early jungle clears

He is and was designed as a jungler first and foremost. His kit is outdated and hasn't caught up to all the changes that were made to monsters and jungle items.

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

His Q does a lot of damage even without AP though.

Ok sure but why1 votes

Oh yeah, because people jump in joy when they have to go against Illaoi Kennen, though.

Cornerstone11 votes

His Q doesn't proc poison.... You might be confusing it with deathfire touch mastery, or item 3151 burn.

There are a crap ton of assassins that can one-shot adcs.

Lol, a LOT of champs are useless if they fall behind.

His identity? Meh, he is a yordle, lol (but really, there are a lot of champs that can play different rolls based on build, and different play styles.) Since when is flexibility the same thing as an identity crises?

Dokkaebi1 votes

Malphite is on the border of getting in to the list, and is far more in need of a VGU than Teemo

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