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Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly"}]}},"raw_content":"Teemo is arguably the least popular champion in the history of competitive League of Legends. With only a handful of major region picks to his name, and just a couple of them occurring on the international stage, Teemo is one of the least-relied-on champions on the roster.\u00a0 As the game\u2019s most prominent \u201cmeme pick,\u201d Teemo is rarely ever picked in a competitive setting. It\u2019s relatively hard to find a\u00a0good reason to draft\u00a0a champion with little crowd control and relatively weak teamfighting abilities, especially when there are so many champions that can do what Teemo does but better. Even with that in mind, some teams have gone to Teemo at Worlds. Sometimes, the Swift Scout was picked to throw the opposing team for a loop, and on other occasions, he was picked in meaningless games at the tournament. Regardless, Teemo, like nearly all League champions, has a history at the game\u2019s most prestigious competitive tournament.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a breakdown of Teemo\u2019s brief and sporadic history at Worlds through the years.\u00a0 Worlds 2011: Teemo makes his international debut Teemo was picked twice at the 2011 World Championship, winning one game that he appeared in and losing the other. At the first Worlds, Teemo was picked twice by the same player: TSM\u2019s TheRainMan. TheRainMan piloted Teemo to a\u00a0win against Epik Gamer\u00a0in round two of the loser\u2019s bracket but lost with the champion in the\u00a0lower bracket finals\u00a0to Against All Authority. TheRainMan\u2019s Teemo finished the tournament with a split 1-1 record and a KDA of 3.8. The champion was not picked by any other players at the tournament.\u00a0 Worlds 2013: TSM goes back to Teemo\u00a0 Although Teemo missed Worlds in 2012, the Swift Scout was picked up in a meaningless game at Worlds 2013. Once again, it was TSM to pick the champion\u2014this time in a largely inconsequential game against GamingGear.EU. Both teams had been eliminated from knockout stage contention on the group stage\u2019s final day, so TSM made the call to role swap four of their five players in a \u201cfor fun\u201d game that ultimately saw starting mid laner Reginald take Teemo into the AD carry position. Although Reginald secured First Blood with Teemo, he finished with a scoreline of 3\/6\/8 in a loss. The win against TSM was the only victory of the tournament for GamingGear.\u00a0 Worlds 2014-2021: Teemo stays on the shelf Teemo was not picked at any League World Championship between 2014 and 2021. During those years, he was only picked eight times in major region regular season games, with Cloud9 mid laner Hai and then-Griffin AD carry Viper being the only players to find wins on the champion, according to League stats site Games of Legends.\u00a0 Worlds 2022: Isurus brings Teemo back\u00a0 Teemo made his return to the Worlds stage this season when he was picked by Isurus\u2019 top laner ADD against Royal Never Give Up during the play-in stage. Isurus\u2019 backs were against the wall in that game, with two losses already to their name and an uphill battle ahead of them in the defending MSI champions. 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