I've been noticing this for some time now, but it's recently been a real problem. In games that I lose on TT versus bots, I find that their item build is WAY out of control. I just finished playing a game where the bots had their full item build and we were only half way there. For people out there that are thinking "oh, he just sucks at playing League," I stomp intermediate bots hardcore on Summoner's Rift and do decently well with my 300+ wins in normal. Our Cait was a weak link - he/she just did not know how to play (went 0/5/5 and generally ran to her death). One weak link in TT means that the bots can generally destroy a game, no matter how hard the other two play. I have experienced this more than enough times to see that the bots need to be toned down a bit, because players can't keep up. That, or make an Expert difficulty with increased Item/Exp accrual.

It's just something to consider, but I'm getting a little tired of playing 3v3 when I'm worried that one bad player will lose us the game because the bots get items and exp too quickly. It's a bot game, sure, but who really wants to lose to bots because of something like that?

for the record 2v3 Intermediate bots is perfectly winnable.

Had to do it the other day because the other person i got matched with was playing with their 6 year old kid. of course they didnt tell me that till after the game starts but thats a whole new story. Still rolled the bots though.

Heck 1v3 intermediate bots is actually doable depending on who you take and how you play.