Talk:Teemo/@comment-199.72.20.10-20110418155132

"People learned to play him differently. One of the highest ranked solo queue players mains teemo."

Yes, this player is The Rain Man, and he has posted a guide on Solomid. Among the gems are that AP builds are not viable, and that Teemo is just plain bad in a team fight. His success has been through playing him as a solo-farming split-pusher, which Riot attempted to nerf.

If you look at the nerfs, they really don't hurt the above strategy though. It's the rapid area denial that is the problem. Change the shroom planting CD from 1s to something like half the CD it takes to get a shroom, and this strategy will no longer be viable.