Why NO ONE Plays: Teemo | League of Legends 

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if Teemo was released today, they would definitely have added his E to his passive, made Q apply the same dot, give his W the dash, and then give him a whole new E

Teemo has a 100% pick rate when your last pick toplaner REALLY needs to pick a frontline champion.

don't forget that his global taunt increases the chance of an enemy tilting by 66.6%

You know it's bad when you'd rather see Teemo in your game than *cough* Yone And I say this as a top main

the less people that play teemo the better

I mean this champion effectively has 2 abillities and 3 passives(While new champions have 4 complex active abillites + 2-3 complex passives)... So that's that...

Exploring how bad teemo’s kit actually is makes me more proud to be a teemo main

Probably the only champion I am glad to see as a part of this series. Lets hope he stays here.

I think when his Ult became just a 'refresh' than stacking onto itself, where it all started.

I could not be happier that this...thing....isn't played.

I would love to see a video talk about different champions who got their kits changed in wild rift For example: karma

Im a teemo player so I may be a bit biased but. His low playrate may have something to do with the fact that every toplaner these days has dashes, cc, damage despite building tanky, enough innate durability and sustain to ignore any kind of poke he can deal, has better waveclear, doesn’t have to worry about blind cuz they either have a way to wait out the timer or still deal enough damage to kill you with abilities, and also scales better. And even with all this toplane is still his BEST role.

as a teemo main, I can see with 100% certainty, it never gets old. The thing about teemo is that he is macro heavy. Meaning that as long as you stick to macro you could play basically any role with any items. And, since teemo's damage is based on auto's and doesn't need to scale much, you don't have to fall off damage. You would be surprised how much damage a full tank teemo can do

Teemo was the reason I even started playing League. He still has a special place in my heart and I play him every now and then, in every role. I realized he is a decent jungler. And he works in mid too, at least in the elo I play in.

As a teemo main, he requires setup to get kills. Shrooming areas with high enemy movement traffic can set up kills easily. So hard shoving waves and then setting up shrooms in fog of war gives him a heavy advantage against most enemies. While liandries is a good mythic on him, he doesnt really need it. His shrooms were nerfed to simply be utility via slows. Rushing Blade of the Ruined King gives him much needed sustain, and then throwing riftmaker or rageblade into the build as your mythic gives you more dueling power. But I find going grasp into tankmo to be the most effective route in most games. The build I usually go is Berserker Greaves into BotRK (or Hullbreaker), into Titanic, into Rageblade. If you fully commit to simply splitpushing, Runaans and Deadmans as your last two items fully delete waves fast enough to pressure towers hard while giving you the movement speed and tankiness to get away once the enemy collapses on you. Teemo is one of a few champions that can itemize for most situations effectively, and can trick your enemy laner into building the wrong resists if you start with an ap focused starter item. If you are up against a team that relies heavily on healing, Liandries into Oblivion orb tends to be the best option in my personal opinion. Teemo really only wins games by drawing pressure and stalling out games so your allies can get their items, or by split pushing. He has a steep learning curve, because you need to know every matchup perfectly as well as know how to space effectively while paying attention to the enemy jungler's pathing. If you can make it to lvl 6 without dying, you should be able to fully control the toplane wave like no other champion can. If you die pre-6, you will have a very hard time against alot of the most common matchups. Remember, as a specialist, Teemo's job isnt necessarily to kill the enemy laner. As long as you can push them out of lane through residual damage, you are denying them experience and gold and that is a net gain. Getting kills is just a plus when it comes to gold, but has the downside of putting an early bounty on your head. Once you have you laner by the balls, you need to focus on shrooming the river to help your team control rift, and later, baron. Now for a few notable matchups: 1. Nasus: Ban him if you can. He WILL outscale you. No, you won't be able to effectively deal with him after he hits lvl 6 and it only gets worse the longer the game goes. He WILL run you down, its not a matter of if but when. 2. Malphite: If you dont go Grasp into this matchup, its going to be difficult. Tankmo will shove him out of lane and will take his tower pretty easily. Just make sure to let your team know when he leaves lane because he will become desperate. 3. Jax: Jax loves touching anything small, just like CookieLoL. He will crush you if he gets his hands on you. A Q max first will give you leeway to stay safer against him, but he will eventually outscale you if the game goes past 25 minutes as he is a better teamfighter. Knowing where to place your shrooms is vital in this matchup to allow you to space effectively if he jumps on you. Set those shrooms up in advance. 4. Illaoi: Dodge the damn E. Its that simple. Trade around that cooldown, and preferably take Grasp or Press the Attack. Phase Rush is also optional. 5. Akali: Again, dodge the damn E. Your spacing has to be top tier in this matchup or you will lose. And then your team will lose because there will be a rampaging Akali. You wont get help 99% of the time because she is a slippery bastard. So pick teemo into this if you want to suffer. 6. Garen/Darius: Probably the most common matchups. If you dont place your shrooms correctly, they will run you down. Its that simple. Work with your jungler to shut them down early. I recommend running phase rush into these two, and preferably ghost + Flash for kiting and rundown potential. Your main goal should be to make sure they dont get plating gold. 7: Gangplank: Grasp is a must or you will get poked out. Again, he will outscale you so work with the time you have. Play around level advantages and stack minions so your jungler can help you dive him early game when he is at his weakest. 8: Irelia: This will be a hard matchup. If you dont dodge her E, you will die. Every time. The enemy jungler will gank for her. So be prepared. Shroom under your tower to at least attempt to trade kills. Keep her away from the plates as well as you can and make her your team's problem later. Vamp Scepter and dorans shield is all she needs to make your poke worthless. Best route is just Q max. 9. Volibear: Q max and press the attack. He cant stun you that way and will take more than enough damage over short trades to make his life hell. I recommend Ghost and Flash to make him uninstall. 10. Mordekaiser: Again its all about spacing. Dodge the E. Once he has ult, run for your life. Use shrooms to keep the wave from crashing. Hopefully this helps new Teemo players and the people wanting to crush Teemo in their games. I will update the matchup list if people ask for specific matchups. Have a wonderful day.

Teemo stands still to get passive and set up ambush start of game. Also teemo: gets an afk warning and penalized for afk 😂

Teemo is like a screwdriver in a game full of industrial powertools

I am so happy Vars you mention wild rift here. I would love to see your opinion on wild rift as a whole gameplay wise. From a game designer's point of view, how much of wild rifts differences to PC is beneficial to the longevity of the game or vice versa

I always felt teemos real strength is map control. The amount of vision the rodent gives me possibly game changing by itself, the fact that said wards do damage is a bonus.

I am LOVING these little champion cutout sprites, your editors are always amazing props to all of ya

I think teemo in wild rift is a cool design for him. Giving him the tacticle roll on e/3rd ability is a nice touch

“Not unlike pikachu from Pokemon-“ man that hurts bro, Kennens my son

This video was written by someone that doesn't main Teemo. There's a big difference in most of these points between someone that plays Teemo and someone that mains Teemo.

No body's innocent anymore. There's a mushroom with your name on it

You say he hasn't been actively nerfed but I remember when his shrooms were an actual threat. Now they are just annoying and the worst thing about them is the slow and the way you can delay minion waves with them.

The thing that makes people who play Teemo stick to him is his very high number of playstiles and builds that makes him not be boring.

i really like playing teemo, just from time to time, but he's really fun to play sometimes

Proud mastery 7 teemo player 🤭

just move teemo to the jungle somehow like they did to graves backthen. The whole ambush and guerilla warfare thing would work for a counterjungler

Man we sure have come a loooooooong way back from the days when Teemo was almost universally and unequivocally considered *_"the most annoying/infuriating champion to play against"_* - times truly have changed, and the tiny mascot really hasn't kept up with the pace - now his just another champion on *_the long list of badly aged champions that just...... exist_*

Honestly, I don't think ur old teemo video was bad, but thanks for making this new one!

His Wild Rift R also leaves a small poison area.

All of the Teemo players are hanging out in one place. My team in my promo games.

Wow, I really hope teemo’s ASU turns into a mini rework adding his wild rift because it looks really good.

Usually when I see Teemo fight a top laner, it’s like having a 6th person on our team.

Rework idea. His shrooms are swapped to an ability, then his R becomes an active ability that you press (even when dead) which "arms" the shrooms with more poison (aka damage) and makes them undetectable by scanner (however not completely , it shows the ! mark above the player so he knows a shroom is nearby he just cant destroy it and know where exactly)

I’ve very recently come to enjoy Teemo jungle. Mostly because I can ignore my teammates and focus on objectives and carry via dragon souls or baron fights in my shroomed up river

No one....except your jungler when you hit promos

I wish i was part of the same world as those who never see teemo played

I expected to find other fellow teemo mains arround. to point out he is forgetting that teemo has faced so many garens he mastered the bush tactics

"expose themselves to attack" is an understatement but yes

I saw a screenshot of porofessor from a guy figthing against teemo. And he hovered over a thing called [No Soul] [ Plays Teemo]

*Looks at the pick rate.* *Looks up* Never underestimate the power of the Scout's Code.

Vault is less of a "get off me" tool and more of a "get me off you" tool

I love playing teemo, have him at smth like 200.000 Points. Recently got into Wild Rift bc i am traveling a lot. I actually really like what they did with him there! Poison is on passive, Q is normal, with W u go invisible for some time (instead of standing around), and his E is a dodge roll (like in Dark Souls) with an increasted movment speed afterwards. In my mind that errases most problems the champ has in league, really enjoy playing teemo assassin

I am a proud Teemo main… I only run maximum burn builds for my shrooms so I can inflict maximum mental damage on my enemies with guerrilla warfare tactics.

I really like the red/green theme of this video!

I was gonna watch this and then I remembered you probably have fresh ideas on the horizon that id rather wait for

These days I only Teemos that either feed and solo loose the game, or are gods and can make life hell

And yet, in the last 5 games I've played, I saw 6 Teemos

I see many still underestimate the power of the Scout's Code...

I play Teemo exclusively as a support, which sort of mitigates a number of his problems, but really highlights a different one, Chemtech Rift. The giant area, rapid respawn sweeper plants serve to make Teemo support nearly unplayable in the matches that RNG dictates that the enemy team doesn't even need to buy a second red trinket. Teemo support in the later stages lives and dies purely off of setting up mushrooms as a series of extra spicy wards around important objectives, but if you don't practically walk into the enemy base on a suicide mission every minute you just lose all of your setup to plants. It's miserable, and while it effects Teemo regardless of position it's just one extra nail in the coffin.

*Forever will be my most played champion on multiple accounts*

We used to have runes & items with Dodge%. Those days TankTeemoTop™ was a very fun build. His inherent global taunt combined with 'blinding' people and making them chase you through a mushroom laden forest.. those halcyon days..

I love the nostalgic music in all of your videos

I disagree on your assessment of his ult. If you have a charge when you engage and they decide to go in, plant one on a nearby enemy minion for an easy trigger. It has a substantial aoe that can disincentivitize people from engaging. And often early people misjudge the damage it does giving him a shocking amount of damage in full engages

5% pick rate 10% ban rate Vars: wHy nO OnE plAyS tEeMO ?

Imagine if Teemo's Q affected all skillshots like it does with Grave''s autoatacks. Like you can still use it but it goes in a random direction

To make Teemo viable Change his auto-range from 500 to 550-575 His W now activate with a mini-dash (very small)(cannot jump over walls) and goes into stealth for 1-2 sec like Pyke. So he can activate his passive speed buff. I wonder if those change would make Teemo broken 🤔 EDIT : before i saw the end video with the dash. WOW lol

The OG 200 years champ that I would now rather face than 60% of the roster

Man I love Teemo and I'm not afraid to say it. There's something gloriously evil about watching people step on a shroom and them and their home, children, Labrador and station wagon just disintegrate. You can't watch a shroom go off and not have a little cackle to yourself.

Played for 12hrs straight all as Teemo in my very last League game back in 2015.

3 years is a LONG time in LoL. An Update vid is much appreciated! ^_^

Just got my first penta kill on Teemo (and my second ever)… my Teemo motivation is refreshed

Funny story when I was a noob playing LoL for the 1st time I was playing Teemo got killed cuz I sucked was about to rage when some guy randomly stepped on a shroom I placed was a discount ward. I didn't think anyone would step on it and as a result that kill made me from from seeing red to laughing my ass off in seconds.

Down in bronze, he's still very common, teemo top, teemo jg, teemo mid, teemo bot... but seems like top usually carries and other roles are little int.

As a Teemo main, i only ask one thing to my team. Push the fight to my shrooms. even if im not here

As an EX-LoL player I've always had a love-hate relationship with the game, mostly due to unfortunate timing. Every time I had found a new character and play style I enjoyed a change was rolled out that completely removed it from the game. When they introduced the ability to ban players from using certain characters I decided to never go back given how bad my luck had been. To this day the only build to survive all that was the Tankmo build. Using Frozen Mallet it made for a simple and reliable game play. I was surprised to hear a Tankmo build had been used in the championship. I will never return to LoL, but I'm glad to hear it still exists

Teemp can't trade, but his trades are fantastic. He is a champion that forces you to all in. You can't just hit him a few times and back off because he wins the trade with piisons.

I still remember the teemo craze of 2013...

10:29 - wasn't expecting that after such an eloquent and well spoken video lmao

As long as this is the thinking. I will always be the better teemo!!

I know I saw someone looking at a PTR version of Teemo that was great but that was about 2-3 years ago. Then when you told about the Wild Rift Teemo it hits me, that is where his PTR changes went.... But yes, I am a Teemo player whenever I can

Teemo was super strong when zzrot and banner were around. Hard push tank teemo was hilarious.

as a otp teemo i love destroy ennemy and games, one shot ennemy ADC and secure objectif etc

As teemo main i thank you you revisit him

I love the slight wobble on the champion icons, they feel just right

I've been waiting for this video! its always a good day whenever Vars uploads

I miss the time where Teemo was the most hated champion in the game

I love how you talked about Teemo changes in Wild Rift. Great video.

This should be why everybody plays I can’t go 2 games without seeing teemo I wish I never had to see him ever

My brother in Bielzebub, this demon is in every game I play. Either feeding on my team, or if I go top he is against me. What do you mean, nobody plays ?

Vars: Why no one plays Teemo. Pianta:

Biggest thing that fucked him over besides general power creep was the addition of red trinket. A free item that makes his ult useless.

I remember the mushroom rework, it was so good, it let me bounce mushrooms across the lane into the enemy laner if I didnt care too much about my wave control at that moment.

I think a vid on karthus would be pretty cool, fundamentally OP ult with awkward kit

I'm a Wildrift player, and there is no better feeling than popping out of nowhere then AUTO Q AUTO to proc electrocute to see the enemy adc disappear. In case you were wondering, i play him only mid because as a top main i have some level of mercy...

I find teemo does best after laning phase as a split pushing anti jungler. Place a bunch if shrooms in the enemies jungle as the wave pushes up, steal buffs, take towers when you can.

Hey Vars, i really like that you're remaking your old "why no one plays" videos and i was wondering if you could look over kalista again, it's been 2 years since you uploaded it and a lot has changed about the game and she recently got a quite big buff. Oh and thank you for your great videos btw ! :)

i think you're missing the plot a litle bit on the zoner class and mixing it with an artillery mage. in boxing we have a concept called ring generalship. it's control over where and when the exchanges are taking place. zoning isn't the same as kiting, as poking from range. it is the control of space as a means to an end, and that doesn't always mean you want your enemy far away.

On hit teemo waa the best thing ever, riftmaker and everyother on hit item was so good

Vars: "Teemo is bad at being proactive and reactive" Teemo: "Dragon's up in 30? Lemme lock down half the map real quick"

Move the E to his passive kit while keeping the camouflage, make Q deal the dot, and replace E with sustain or something.

Me when playing a melee top: *WHY DOES EVERYBODY PLAY TEEMO???*

title: why no one play teemo me: 85% when playing top , the opponent choose teemo

Teemo isn’t the problem it’s just the ones you face are 30m one tricks

As Teemo main since Beta, I do agree, he needs some sort of disengage. Playing him for years I always felt exposed when going in. Move Quick just seems useless in the grand scheme of things, Teemo having a dash/roll would help a lot. Even professional players who main Teemo have to play him defensively, where you have to place your mushrooms ahead of time to guarantee and escape route. Because your blind dart will not save your ass, and this is true in the video. Unless you can poke effectively with your Blind Dart and toxic shot combo. Most of the time you have to save your blind dart for when they do close the gap. Hit and run strategies like Press the Attack or Summon Aery are your go to runes. Your secondary is purely optional on your playstyle. As Teemo has no range and I always argue he needs a bit more rage for his basic attacks, he gets decimated by Ryze, Darius, Mordikaiser, and Kasante for example. If they can mediate the damage or gap close you, its grey-screen. In team fights is where it gets interesting and with being able to throw your mushrooms into the fight, Teemo becomes essentially a grenadier. Throwing mushrooms in the thick of the fight becomes a huge psychological game as when those land, the damage will decimate the opposite side if they do not move, they have to disengage or its death by dot. Teemo is defiantly one champion that is hard to master, but once you do, everyone will start buying oracle scanners to find your mushrooms. When I Play ranked with him Teemo provides to the team with reconnaissance, essentially those mushrooms become wards or proximity mines, place them in front of Dragon or Nashor/Rift Herald. Teemo does what he says on the tin. He is a scout and information is key, to know where your enemy is at all times. Placing Mushrooms in key places is paramount as vision is essential. Eventually if the enemy team does not buy scanners or pink wards then they are at an information disadvantage.

does teemo have a mario costume, throwing deadly purple shrooms star power for his speedbost that would be peak trolling XD

I think the only reason I’d practice Teemo would be to practice invading the enemy jungler at start and just being a roaming support practically speaking.