Talk:Teemo/@comment-83.255.10.193-20110425193258/@comment-46.162.92.126-20110426083322

I, personally, avoid taking mid unless there really isn't any other ranged carries on the team. It's not really that Teemo does a poor job in midlane. It's that while Teemo can do a fair bit of damage in team fights, he will get focused down so fast (hidden passive taunt called "cuteness") that he'd never get the chance to do all that much.

For that reason it's better that you give the midlane (or 1v2 lane) to a carry that will contribute more to team fights. You don't need that much gold to give your team what Teemo gives best, map awareness and brush-paranoia to the opposing team.

PS, only reason I'd put a mushroom in the middle of the lane is if a tower is constantly being pushed and I have to leave it, the mushroom works as a small buffer and will take out at least 2 of the incoming minion wave, most likely more.