User blog comment:BalanceofFlour/Teemo is underplayed!/@comment-2094543-20130625095548

Teemo's commonly hated for some exaggerated reason, but he's only underplayed in ranked games - LoLking/Elophant statistics show that he's constantly among the top 3-5 most played champions overall...

Regarding your ambush example, I wouldn't agree that his passive is OP - such cases can easily prevented by warding/staying together, and lurking in the jungle makes you miss tons of last hits.

With a Lich Bane and the autoattack reset from Q, the AP scaling of his burst combo is comparable to Ahri's - not excellent, but certainly not shoddy either.