Spirit Blossom Teemo
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Excellent (8/10)
High Investment Required
Paid Relics
Epic Relics
Spirit Blossom Teemo offers an incredibly fun and unique mill-based playstyle, but he requires a massive investment of premium relics and constellation upgrades to function properly.
Optimal Trap Engine
Essential for his core gameplan, converting his damage into massive puffcap generation.
Synergizes perfectly with his trap mechanics, providing deck milling and stat boosts.
Accelerates his level-up condition by planting traps at the start of the game.
Strategy
This premium build maximizes Spirit Blossom Teemo's ability to flood the opponent's deck with traps. Mischiefmaker's Flute is considered mandatory for his success, while Harmless Scarecrow and Hextech Rifle ensure consistent trap activation and early level-ups. This setup excels at decking out opponents quickly.
Explosive Harvest
- The core engine for puffcap generation.
- Provides additional trap triggers and board control.
Deals damage to all units on play, triggering Mischiefmaker's Flute multiple times for explosive puffcap planting.
Strategy
This build leverages Wicked Harvest's play effect to instantly trigger Mischiefmaker's Flute across the entire board, planting a massive number of puffcaps immediately upon summoning Spirit Blossom Teemo.
Scaling Threat
- Maintains his core puffcap generation.
Grants Augment and Fated, allowing him to scale rapidly when playing stolen cards.
Synergizes with Chosen by the Stars to provide consistent stat growth and crucial keywords like Lifesteal.
Strategy
Instead of relying solely on milling, this build turns Spirit Blossom Teemo into a massive elusive threat. By playing stolen cards, he triggers Augment, growing his stats while simultaneously planting puffcaps via Mischiefmaker's Flute.
Accessible Control
Provides consistent spell mana to fuel his spells.
Doubles his spells in the late game, accelerating the mill condition.
Ensures a steady supply of his champion spell for removal and trap generation.
Strategy
For newer accounts lacking premium relics, this rare-only build focuses on spellcasting and control. Archangel's Staff ensures you have the mana to cast the spells generated by The Grand General's Counterplan, while Chemtech Duplicator provides a late-game win condition by doubling forced draws.
Other Relic Options
An excellent alternative to Hextech Rifle, providing consistent spell generation and cost reduction.
Useful for ensuring you draw Spirit Blossom Teemo and providing cheap champion spells.
Provides much-needed survivability, allowing you to use him as a blocker in the early game.
Great for duplicating high-value followers from his deck to accelerate puffcap planting.
Spirit Blossom Teemo is highly dependent on Mischiefmaker's Flute. If you do not have it, focus on relics that increase his survivability or spellcasting capabilities.
Constellation
Spirit Blossom Teemo requires a massive investment of resources to reach his full potential. He is heavily reliant on the 'Puffcap Proliferation' rare rune, which is considered mandatory for his core gameplay loop. Without significant constellation upgrades and premium relics, he can feel slow and inconsistent.
I'll Take That
When one of your traps activates, create an exact Fleeting copy of it in hand and reduce its cost by 2.
HEHEHE
+1 Starting Mana. When you play a Stolen card, or a Stolen ally strikes the enemy Nexus, plant 3 Poison Puffcaps in the enemy deck.Review
Crucial for starting his puffcap engine early in the game, though it has historically suffered from bugs regarding what counts as a 'stolen' card.
I'll Take That Too
When one of your traps activates, create an exact Fleeting copy of it in hand and reduce its cost by twice the number of traps on it.Review
Provides excellent value by generating 0-cost cards when traps are drawn, helping to maintain hand advantage.
Pilfered Plans
Game Start: Draw a random card from the enemy hand and reduce its cost to 0.Review
A game-changing upgrade that provides immediate Turn 1 value and tempo. It can even steal the opponent's starting champion.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
The extra mana gem is vital for deploying Spirit Blossom Teemo on Turn 1, significantly accelerating his game plan.
Hohohoho
When the Foe draws a card 5+ traps on it, grant allies +1|+1 and the Foe discards a random card and draws 1.Review
Enables an infinite mill win condition by forcing the opponent to draw and discard repeatedly. While incredibly powerful, it can sometimes feel like a 'win-more' effect if the game is already decided.
Gameplay Tips
- Prioritize the Puffcap Proliferation Rune
This rare rune is considered absolutely mandatory for Spirit Blossom Teemo. It replants puffcaps whenever the enemy Nexus takes damage, creating a self-sustaining loop of trap generation.
- Leverage Forced Draws
Draft cards and powers that force the opponent to draw. This accelerates your puffcap damage and triggers his star powers more frequently.
- Utilize Stress Defense
His base deck includes Stress Defense, which is an incredible tool for neutralizing massive enemy threats like Baron Nashor by setting their stats to 1/6.
- Beware of Tough and Inevitable Encounters
Spirit Blossom Teemo struggles against encounters with the 'Tough' Nexus modifier or enemies that scale rapidly when surviving damage. Plan your pathing to avoid these if possible.
- Understand the Terrify Mechanic
Players disagree about the consistency of the 'Terrify' keyword in his kit. While intended to synergize with his trap generation, it has a history of bugged interactions with his level-up condition and damage pings. Keep an eye on patch notes for changes to this mechanic.