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Reminder About Teemo's "Buffs" on PBE

FarRockBF·8/4/2015, 1:18:28 PM·2 votes·400 views

They are nerfs.

Teemo is slightly below 50% win rate on ranked across all regions. There is no reason to nerf him. The two things Teemo has going for him is his blind and his shrooms. These updates are a massive nerf to his shrooms. As I have stated before, on PBE when Teemo leaves a section of a map you can be rest assured you are safe due to the 5 minute shroom nerf. Currently on live, Teemo can shroom up drag, return to top lane, and pick up a few assists or even kills.

This is a MASSIVE nerf. The move in the bush thing is cute but practically does nothing for him... he can't attack, back, or leave the bush without losing stealth. And the bouncing shrooms? I consider it a nerf though it is open to discussion. Ask any Teemo main; when you are about to 1v1 someone you always make sure you have a shroom to place right under you during the fight so the enemy takes DoT. Now, he can just walk away due to the longer cast time.

Please don't do this Rito.

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DrCyanide8/4/2015, 1:30:16 PM2 votes

http://champion.gg/champion/Teemo

Above 51%. Not "Nerf them now!", but not the sob story you're painting.

I'm also curious how the math on placing mushrooms works. Yes, they last less time, but you save time in placing them at higher levels because of the range and bounce.

The biggest change in your "shroom the dragon" scenario is you can't shroom it up, have Dragon be taken, then have your mushrooms still be there to contend the next Dragon. That feels like that's in line with how wards are, requiring you to set up before Dragon respawns, not before it died the previous time.