r/TeemoTalk • u/Gallifrey934 • 3h ago
Discussion I guess christmas came earlier this year.
I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw this beauty turning up in my shop
r/TeemoTalk • u/SovereignKitten • Jun 02 '26
Hey guys, it’s your Fluffy Boy!
SovereignKitten, TheYordleScout, Pawkt, Cat, Fattass… whatever you’ve known me by over the years. For those newer here: I was and still am a writer and documenter, dissecting, and theory crafting Teemo builds for over a decade, mostly through the Mobafire guide and our massive Spreadsheet (which, for six years, we kept updated every week without fail). I stepped away from League in 2024, only popping in here and there to patch up deprecated info. But recently, after countless DMs asking about Teemo’s state, builds, and the mythos of our on-hit jungle menace, I dove back in for a fresh round of testing.
I'll be doing my best to update what little I can, but obviously, I don't have as much free time as I used to, because I'd much rather be doing things that I have more interest in. Namely playing through thousands of IndieGames and pursuing that passion more.
Background
I've always been that that guy grinding out 200+ games of Ignite/Smite or Ignite/Teleport Teemo Jungle and Top, perfecting invade timers, rotationals, and running a 92%+ win rate from low ranks of Iron, Silver, Gold and such to Diamond on various MMR accounts, pings, servers, namely because I loved the challenge of bad MMR, because it was much harder to climb out, as opposed to skipping back to Diamond through inflation. My style had always revolved around aggressive, sustain-heavy, on-hit builds, eschewing mushroom-centric play, and teaching players how to climb, consistently on their servers and their levels.
After my hiatus, my MMR obviously got dumpstered, as I found myself queued up across Gold, Plat, and Emerald to get a feel for the current meta and itemization. What I found was equal parts déjà vu and whiplash: Riot resurrected old tools we haven't seen since hell... Season 5-6? Statikk Shiv namely, tweaked on-hit interactions, and created a new landscape for Teemo theory crafts, nothing here was all that different. Just same builds different skins.
Revived and forgotten.
Statikk Shiv: Hype, Misinformation, and Real Impact
Let’s get this out of the way: "Statikk Shiv procs Liandry’s! Insane!"
No, it doesn’t. It doesn't proc anything of note, not that I can see.
The reality: Shiv procs Teemo’s (E) poison and other on-hit effects, or it should as I tested. Nashor’s, Wit's End, Gunblade, Dusk/Dawn, etc., and chains out to up to 8 targets. Pair that with Gunblade. Think for a second and Gluttonous Greaves. What you get!? You get sustain and burst that blow old Riftmaker builds out of the water in terms of raw healing, and split / team fight potential, even if you lose some tankiness. You end up with what I affectionately call Mosquito Teemo, ridiculous sustain, hyper mobility, and wave clear that feels almost… illegal. Because it is, it absolutely shouldn't be working like this at all.
Comparison to Previous Seasons: What’s Actually Changed?
Old on-hit meta (pre-2021):
2024 Dark Ages:
2026 The New Golden Age!?
The Current Patch: Meta Gaslighting and the Statikk Shiv Dilemma
Now, the pendulum has swung wildly back. Shiv’s return is being hyped as balanced for Teemo, but let’s be real: it’s the same flawed logic that saw Stridebreaker/Goredrinker meta for bruisers, massive healing, unchecked dueling, and Riot being slow to act on outlier stats.
Right now, Statikk Shiv solely, was pushing Teemo’s winrate north of 55% as a first-item rush, which is way outside Riot’s comfort zone for healthy balance as they call it (historically, 49-50% is where they want him and every other champions for that matter) impossible.
If you recall patch 16.10, Teemo’s overall winrate spiked to 53-55% everywhere, just like when Malignance shrooms were nuking games with 100k+ damage at 25 minutes. The item has turbo-charged splitpushing and dueling potential, especially for proactive on-hit builds.
My Current Favourite Build and Playstyle Analysis
After as much testing as I could apply, here is the aggressive, split-pushing Teemo:
Playstyle: We mostly will go for the same (3) E into our preferred 3-4 points into (W) for movement, (E) for on-hit maxed first, while you simply attack to abuse Shiv’s passive on towers/waves. You can slice through minion waves and bully side lanes like never before, Shiv’s bounce can hit up to 8 targets, and those 8 targets are your healing, giving you over 500 on a single strike at full build, making wave clear and tower pressure unprecedented for an ankle biter, like myself, who cares not for wave manipulation and just wants to push.
I considered adding Riftmaker/Liandries for health, but in reality, skirmishes happen so quickly now that stacking up isn’t worth it, even though theoretically you could just statik shiv your target with constant poison through waves to stack it up in lane quickly, since we have very little in terms of defensive items now, it's quite literally, glass cannon sustain, unless we through in something else, but Gluttonous + Gunblade are just too good, not to take, the sustain is disgusting. The new kit is about speed, burst, and overwhelming pressure, think run-and-gun Teemo instead of shroom-and-pray, as the x5 oracles rain down from the heavens, blessing you with disdain with very little diversity at your disposal.
Final Thoughts: Riot’s Balancing Problem
Overall, I’m genuinely shocked that this build is as strong, if not stronger, than the old Riftmaker setup. In many ways, what’s happening with Statikk Shiv reminds me of past interactions, like with the Summon Aery bug, later confirmed as an intentional change or the year-long issues with Teemo’s (E) not properly activating runes like Dark Harvest. When something works too well on Teemo, it’s rarely a good sign for his long-term viability. Riot tends to react by nerfing Teemo himself, rather than addressing the underlying mechanics or items that created the problem in the first place.
Bottom line: Statikk Shiv Teemo is currently overpowered and unbalanced. You can abuse it if you want. You can revel in it's oppressive nature. If Riot’s history is any indication, we’re likely to see more direct nerfs to Teemo, even though the real issue is the item. Similar to how I abused the hell out of Kraken Slayer with a full on-hit AP build when it transferred every empowered auto into over 2000 AD to decimate tanks that built full MR. If you’re a fan of aggressive, on-hit play and want to dominate the side lanes as a split pusher, now’s your time to shine. Try this build, tell me what you think. But don’t get too attached.
The nerf hammer is sure to swing again, and Teemo will likely be dragged back to mediocrity while the item remains a meta staple, even if it eventually does also get nerfed.
I’d love to hear your thoughts.
What are you building? How are you finding Teemo in the current patch?
I've tried shrooms, but you know me. Hate them. More kiting and tracking resources for me.
~Cat
r/TeemoTalk • u/SovereignKitten • Feb 17 '24
r/TeemoTalk • u/Gallifrey934 • 3h ago
I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw this beauty turning up in my shop
r/TeemoTalk • u/BushCampingTeemo • 4h ago
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I felt bad but I am still laughing ... do I need a therapist?
r/TeemoTalk • u/drarsenaldmd • 1d ago
https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/chat%20muted%20asap-NA1
Build: Malignance Liandry's ->VERIDANT BARRIER<- Deathcap Voidstaff Banshee
I often don't finish boots, but swifties are good imo.
Runes: DH and gathering storm.
Strategy: Farm. If any of your lanes are ahead, that's where your shrooms should go. If in doubt throw them in midlane where they will either be stepped on by the laner or they protect your laner from ganks. If dragon is coming soon, then save them for that. Once you have malignance you should have 3 shrooms to donate to a lane per farm-cycle.
I usually have to give up the first 1/2 dragons.
Don't force Teemo in to every game. Have a 2nd champ to pivot to for games where they are going to have a ton of engage and melee mages (swain, ekko, etc). I'd recommend Kayn personally because red Kayn is busted against comps that counter Teemo. Alternatively I like Trundle or WW for tank-heavy teams because Teemo doesn't do great against super high health targets.
I usually ban Naafari or xin.
TLDR: Verdant barrier MAKES Teemo in the jungle. He is a champ that always lives or dies if only that one spell didn't catch you and with this item that doesn't happen anymore. Living = farming = map control. Build it AS SOON as teamfights starts. If they run some stupid all-mage comp then I'll build banshee 1st item (very rare).
r/TeemoTalk • u/sojournerXMR • 2d ago
I'm looking to engage in mental warfare with my enemies. So far I'm leaning towards teemo cottentail but curious of the community's opinion!
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r/TeemoTalk • u/Lemonsticks21 • 2d ago
I am a new Teemo bot enjoyer (usually play him support) and have been curious about what to build on him there. I’ve just been building Shiv into Dusk & Dawn even though I’m sure D&D probably isn’t amazing. I just figured it would help with survivability and be less glass cannon-y but still output some decent damage. I’ve had some success with it but this is bronze so I’m taking my match results with a grain of salt.
Also, which starter items are optimal for this? I usually have just been going seal since I like to play pretty aggressive and refillables at game start feels nice. But Ring or Bow might be objectively better options, idk!
If anyone has some experience with this, please melt me know! :)
r/TeemoTalk • u/Avgerinos2121 • 2d ago
Liandrys is even better and he can actually build rylais aswell for the perma slow on autos while going ap. E is like an ignite, deals a lot more damage.
r/TeemoTalk • u/D3athShade • 2d ago
Still the most fun champ :D
r/TeemoTalk • u/lakebox • 3d ago
blind blind blind mwahahaha (high plat - low emerald)
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r/TeemoTalk • u/fittan69 • 3d ago
He's actually as fun as he used to. Hurry up and abuse him before some numbers are changed.
r/TeemoTalk • u/CherrySpecialist3171 • 4d ago
Hey everyone! İ'm new at the game and I've been trying a different Teemo build and it's been working surprisingly well for me
Build:
- Statikk Shiv
- Liandry's Torment
- Malignance
- Shadowflame
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Nashor's Tooth
- Void Staff (Depending on the situation, Nashor may be replaced.)
- Situational item but mostly Guinsoo or Morellomonicon
I rush Statikk Shiv mainly for the wave clear and the energized poke through minions. It also helped me secure a few kills with the chain damage. If the game goes long enough, I usually sell it for another AP item.
I mostly play Top against Sett, Darius, Mordekaiser, Volibear, Trundle and Cho'Gath.
What do you think? Do you have any new build suggestions?
r/TeemoTalk • u/bluehatgamingNXE • 4d ago
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r/TeemoTalk • u/tryme000000 • 4d ago
kinda randomly got bored of the game, gonna go new account and otp teemo top & velkoz adc
who is the best teemo atm? RamyAura? pref short form content
whats the best skin the omega squad one?
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r/TeemoTalk • u/WonderfulTip4869 • 6d ago
I’ve watched a few videos where people aren’t using Shiv and instead looking to run people down with an on hit build like: Nashors, Berserkers Greaves, Rageblade, then BORK/Terminus/Kraken Slayer/DnD but then others have been getting Dark Seal for AP, or other have been adding Liandrys if against Tanks/Big HO opponents so what’s actually ideal to run against tanks or squishies and if on hit teemo actually worth doing?
r/TeemoTalk • u/BushCampingTeemo • 7d ago
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Also I am looking for comp ideas and build ideas for bot lane some times we still get gapped even if we win bot lane I want to climb by only playing teemo support :3
r/TeemoTalk • u/poggersgirthquake • 8d ago
finally got my hands on one of these bad boys from miniso
r/TeemoTalk • u/BushCampingTeemo • 8d ago
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