Talk:Teemo/@comment-29984754-20161019111652/@comment-8506165-20161020053512

He's normally played top lane because he abuses melee champions pretty hard. Can go elsewhere, but I'd recommend sticking to toplane until you know what you're doing.

Max Q or E first. Q is good if the enemy champion's very dependent on their basic attacks, E is more damage when you harass people with yours. If you're not sure, you normally just max E. Obviously you put points in your R whenever it's available.

Your core item is  because it makes your shrooms do an absolutely disgusting amount of damage. Place them anywhere you think the enemy team's likely to walk through, although be careful about placing them in the river because the scuttle crab can set them off when it's wandering around. Any enemy that steps on a shroom will lose a lot of health if you've got your Liandry's, often forcing them to recall. Sometimes they'll even die if they step on multiple shrooms in succession.

Aside from Liandry's, buy general AP items. Very few are outright bad on Teemo, but some are better than others -, for instance, is almost obligatory for killing tanks. will make you very bursty. A lot of people like AP/Attack speed items on Teemo - I personally don't and think they're overrated, but if you want to give it a try then stuff like is often bought. Other people prefer to get a for their cooldown reduction so they can lay more shrooms. You can also buy armor or magic resist items if the enemy team has particularly scary threats that deal physical/magic damage respectively if you need to. Experiment a bit and find which builds you like. There are a few weird builds out there like Tankmo or hybrid Teemo, but I'd go with AP until you know what you're doing.

I could say more, but that's probably enough for you to work with right now, as you're new. As for the Soraka thing though... she's been hit reasonably hard by nerfs lately, but she still has a decent winrate and is really easy to play. The only thing she really does is heal allies though, so if you'd rather be more proactive then I'd recommend a different champion. Soraka is very good at healing people, but she doesn't do all that much else.