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pOPpy hates S3(tank build)

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Spells:

Barrier

Heal

Items

replace maw of malmortius or make it be your fifth

replace sunfire cape or (fifth)sixth item (vs ad h

if poppy needs more damage(fifth/sixth item)

U may want this(buy this before lv 16)

Replace guardian angel if u feel u don't need it a

Replace guardian angel when u need to deal much mo

Ability Order

Poppy Passive Ability

Intro

Welcome to my guide, pOPpy(hates S3).

My guide is called pOPpy hates S3. As u can see, poppy is OP. U may ask me why pOPpy hate S3. It is because is nerfed, philosopher's stoneis nerfed. Finally pOPpy is nerfed.
Furthermore, in s2, poppy can build double gp5 item ( philosopher's stone, ) but is removed in s3. Poppy loves and hates s3.

Words from the writer

Lets talk about why my guide looks so fxxking messy.
Its because i wanna tell u every pieces of information that i know about poppy to u.
First, i have to say that i am not so PRO. Feel free to leave some comments and vote for this guide.

Something about poppy

Poppy is a character that can be built in many ways. Almost every items work well with her. Therefore, she is pretty funny to play. However, she must have a , or a .

It is not AD poppy nor AP poppy. It is just MY poppy. U can call her Tank poppy.

Enjoy the guide!!

Why should we play poppy?

She has her own wonderful characteristics. Lets talk about her pros and cons.

Pros

- he is cheap, she is worth only 450 ip

- he can deal decent damage with even though he builds only defensive items

- he can be immune to damage for 8 seconds

- u can build her different ways such as ap , ad, tank, support

- strong late game

- turrets are your friends

- tower dive enemies easily

Cons

- weak early game

- lack of farming tools

- low mana pool

- may be left behind because of weak early game, if u are not playing her right

- vulnerable to CC

- getting low mana is more dangerous than getting low hp to u

- ugly and annoying voice

- no jokes

- blue in color

Lore

While other young yordle girls played skip-step and braided wreathes out of posies, Poppy spent her youth earning calluses and grease stains in her father's armor shop. Blomgrun, her father, was Bandle City's finest smith. The only thing he loved as much as his work was his young daughter, Poppy - named for the sprightly sounds of the sparks that leapt from his ever-burning forge. He welled with pride the day she was first able to lift his trusty hammer, Whomper. Poppy immediately took to his art, demonstrating a natural gift for smithing, which Blomgrun honed with devoted instruction.

One day, a Demacian general named Florin Berell commissioned Blomgrun to craft a helm, glorious beyond comparison. Blomgrun toiled away on this project, determined to present Florin with his finest work. He let Poppy set the center jewel, entrusting her with the most important piece. When the pair finished, they departed for Demacia to deliver it in person. Word of the general's order, however, was leaked to the Noxian High Command, and two Noxian assassins were dispatched to intercept the delivery. Blomgrun was able to occupy the assassins long enough for Poppy to escape with the prized helm. She watched helplessly from the brush as her father was slain. Instead of fleeing home, she carried the helm the rest of the way to Demacia alone. She refused payment for it, saying that no amount would compensate for her father's life. Instead, she offered it as a gift, honoring her father's final intentions. Florin saw the grim determination behind the tears in her eyes, and requested that the leadership of Bandle City appoint Poppy as the yordle ambassador to Demacia. Soon after, seeking to crush Noxus with her father's hammer, Poppy volunteered for the League of Legends.

Poppy may be small, but Whomper - or her will - is not.

Feeling about poppy and ability explanation

I love poppy very much even though poppy is one of the champion who has the worst voice and art.
Poppy is a perfect champion.

Q Devastating Blow gives poppy nice damage output, even though she is building defensive items.

Poppy enhances her next auto attack so that it deals bonus magic damage and an additional 8% of the target's max health as magic damage. The magic damage based on 8% of the target's max health cannot exceed a threshold.

- Devastating Blow reset poppy's AA(auto attack) timer

- Devastating Blow procs spell vamp and 's slow similarly with all single target spells and abilities with full effect.

- Devastating Blow pops Spell Shield.

- Devastating Blow will damage .

- Devastating Blow, unlike most on-hit abilities, procs spell vamp instead of life steal.

- Devastating Blow can miss, from blind, but cannot be dodged.

- Devastating Blow can critically strike, but bonus damage from the skill is not amplified.

- Devastating Blow turns the whole damage of the attack into magic damage, which includes the skill damage and the attack damage of the attack, along with the proc of Sheen, Lich Bane or Trinity Force.

W Paragon of Demacia help poppy deal with AD champion and give her extra ad .

(Passive): Upon being hit or attacking an enemy, Poppy's armor and damage are increased for 5 seconds. This effect can stack 10 times.

(Active): Poppy gains max stacks of Paragon of Demacia and her movement speed is increased for 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 12 seconds

- Paragon of Demacia will gain up to 10 stacks and refresh its duration from any of Poppy's autoattacks and when enemies attack Poppy.

- Activating Paragon of Demacia will cause Poppy to have a movement speed buff which last 5 seconds. This buff does not refresh when Poppy is under attack or when she attacks.

- Minions and turrets attacking Poppy will grant Paragon of Demacia stacks.

E Heroic Chargegives poppy a potent stun and an initiating skill.

(Active): Poppy charges at an enemy and carries them further. The initial impact deals a small amount of magic damage, and if they collide with terrain, her target will take a high amount of magic damage and be stunned for 1.5 seconds.
Range: 525
Carry distance: approx 300

- Heroic Charge procs spell vamp and 's slow similarly with all single target spells and abilities with full effect.

- When Poppy hurls her target against terrain, each burst of damage will count as an two individual single target abilities.

- Heroic Charge pops Spell Shield. In this case, the target will not be pushed back and Poppy will stop upon reaching her target.

- Heroic Charge will damage and the push-back will be negated.

- Heroic Charge will stun the target if Poppy pushes it into terrain.

- Heroic Charge interrupts channeled abilities.

- Poppy can charge toward a target on the opposite side of thin walls, provided that Poppy has vision of the target.

- Heroic Charge's conditional stun will not be applied on terrain created by abilities such as 's , 's and 's

- If Poppy's target dashes or uses Flash while she is charging towards them, she will drag the target back to their initial position.

- If any form of crowd control which involves displacement of Poppy's position is applied during Heroic Charge, Poppy will be interrupted and no initial damage nor knockback will occur to the target.

- Heroic Charge may occasionally stun Poppy's target when no collision occurs

R Diplomatic Immunity, her ult makes her shine.

(Active): Poppy focuses intensely on a single enemy champion, dealing increased damage to them, and becoming immune to any damage, disruptions and abilities from any enemies, other than her target, including tower damage. Damage increase applies to summoner spells and items used by Poppy.
Cost: 100 mana
Range: 900

- Diplomatic Immunity pops spell shield, preventing the placement of the debuff on the target and Poppy's invulnerability.

- Diplomatic Immunity prevents all damage from turrets.

- Diplomatic Immunity does not prevent damage from the Nexus Obelisk.

- Diplomatic Immunity does prevent damage from the nexus obelisk in dominion

- Dilpomatic Immunity will end prematurely if the target dies.

- The only enemy unit that can affect Poppy with any damage or crowd control is the champion that she targets with Diplomatic Immunity (along with any pets belonging to that champion).

- removes the damage amplification debuff, but Poppy's invulnerability shield will remain.

Poppy 's ult VS tryndamere's ult VS kayle's ult

can be immune to damage for 5 seconds.

or one of her teamates can be immune to damage for 3 seconds.

However, can be immune to damage for 8 seconds (if u targeted the right person).

Passive Valiant Fighter helps her block large damage (ususlly magic damage). With her passive, she can deal with Graves, Veigar, Brand etc.

Valiant Fighter's damage reduction only applies to the portion of the damage that actually exceeds 10% of Poppy's health, not the entire damage.

For example: Poppy has 1000/2000 health and is being hit by a 400 damage nuke (after resistances). The 10% of 1000 is 100. The 400 damage nuke exceeds 10% of current hp (100) by 300. The exceeding 300 damage will be reduced by 50% to 150 by passive. This means you will be dealt 250 damage instead of 400 because 150 was reduced by passive.

Example : ( 400 - ( 1000 x 0.1 ) ) x 0.5 = 150

Formula : ( [damage received] - ([current health] x 0.1) ) x 0.5 = actual damage reduced.

- Valiant Fighter's damage reduction occurs after armor and magic resistance's reduction.

- Valiant Fighter's damage reduction applies to absorption shields.

- Valiant Fighter does not affect True damage.

Poppy is such a perfect champion. U can choose to horn her ability to tank, dps or support etc.

On the other hand, u can keep poppy balance, a balanced poppy can do every job in the team.

All credits go to LOLWIKI

Runes

My rune page

x9 increase your base attack damage by about 9. It can help u deal more damage with your auto attack and Q .
As i would like to play passively early game with poppy, i boost my AD to help my lasthitting.
U will have quite a lot time lasthitting minion under turret. More AD means more CS and more golds for mid and late game.

x9, x9, x1, x2 can give u lots of early resistance. They can stop your opponent from pushing u out of lane and render u miss your CS(golds)

Other possible runes

Here are Some other runes that are good for poppy , if u don't like to be too passive.

, for marks.
, for quintessence.
for glyph.
for seal.

provide you with some lovely movement speed. Movement speed can help u for chasing and escaping which is vital for poppy.

provide poppy with magic penetration. They are good for poppy because all poppy's abilities deal magic damage.

give u more gold that can help your late game.
And for support poppy, i will strongly recommend . More gold yeah!!
However, u will lose some armor. But u may also use to compensate for that. It is a trade-off between golds, armor and AD lol.

is most common that people use for glyph. Most champion is lacking in magic resist unless they build magic resist items.

If u plan to build quite a lot magic resist items or found that they have only 0 to 1 AP character, u can use . CDR is always good for poppy. It is because more CDR means more Q. Make sure your CDR wont be more than 40%. Otherwise it will be a waste.

Mastery

I will go 2/28/0. I take almost all defensive mastery because they helps poppy's early game and late game if u are building tank.

I will put 2 points on to help u farm. As u are building a tank poppy, tank poppy's farming is worse than assassin poppy if u are not gonna build , u will need in the whole game.

Skill sequence

If u push too far from your turret at level 2, u can put 1 point on (E) first.

Should we max first ability at lv 9?

I will not always max the same ability first, sometimes i max Q first , and sometimes i max W first.

In addition, i will not recommend u max one of your Q or W at level 9, its because maxing one ability as soon as possible just doesn't match poppy and its not cost-effective( u are not lol).There is no fixed skill sequence for poppy in my opinion. If u are facing who deals heavy physical damage and building his . I don't see any reason for not maxing W first

When should u max your W Paragon of Demacia first?

Not maxing W at lv9, u should not ignore Q

1. When u are facing an AD bruiser and u need more armor to survive.

2. When your opponent is playing passively like u and no one is gonna trade damage with u.

3. ...

When should we max Q Devastating Blow first?

It doesn't mean maxing Q as soon as lv9. It means only to max Q first, u should not ignore your W.

1. When u are gonna spam your Q frequently (for whatever reason)

2. Your opponent is stacking hp and/or armor.(, )

3. ...

When to ignore W Paragon of Demacia and max Q Devastating Blow as soon as lv9?

If u are not in one of the following situation, u should not max Q at lv9.

1. Their jungler deals mostly magical damage(, etc) and AD bruiser (, , etc) are not going mid.

2. U are playing extremely aggressively (not recommended) and u have rushed an early philosopher's stone and . ( Caution: It is more dangerous to u that u have no mana than u have no hp)

PS: U would like to play aggressively early when u are facing , etc, but not extremely aggressively.

3. ...

Why don't i prefer maxing Q Devastating Blow at lv9?

Let's see what will we gain when we upgrade our Q Devastating Blow. We gain slightly more flat damage for Q, a higher damage cap and 1s CDR of Q.

1. No one will upgrade a skill at lv9 that gives u only 20 more damage each level.

2. The 1s CDR gained let u spam your Q. It seems amazing for poppy to use Q more frequently as Q is poppy's main source of damage. However, u should not overlook the problem that poppy is lacking in mana. CDR is nothing if u don't have enough mana (U are not , and flipin' ninja ).

Let's see what we gain if we upgrade our W Paragon of Demacia. U can have 5 bonus AD and 5 bonus armor per level of W.

That means, if u upgrade W, u can have more early AD and armor.

Remember that Q is your main source of damage, but auto attack is your second source of damage. W helps your basic attack and Q. It helps both your main and second source of damage plus some resistance. U should not underestimate it.

To sum up(for this section), i will describe and as bread and butter. They are both essential to poppy. They complement each other.

Summoner's spell

is good for poppy. i love using + Heroic Charge combo to quickly stun my opponents. I will use when i have to fight against at top lane. It is because u can use to dodge his pull and u can't use to do the same thing. Moreover, u need early gank to deal with some of poppy's counter such as , , , .

: which can be used to escaping or chasing. U can use to juke your opponents under your turret and simply will get a free kill.

: some real damage and a healing reduction debuff. Ignite can deal more damage when you are using (40% more real damage from ignite?? WTF)

Most people think that is an aggressive summoner spell. However, poppy thinks that it is a defensive spell. Sometimes offense is a kind of defense.

I will use when enemies are tower diving me, it can be considered as poppy's only ranged ability. u can easily score a kill. The more quickly your tower-diving enemies die, the safer u are.

: (recommended when u are playing AD poppy) good for chasing enemies. If you don't like , it will be a good choice.

: u may have some questions about why poppy needs Clairvoyance even she is not a support. First I have to tell u that cv is a good spell. Apart from this, u can use cv when people go into bushes. Then, u can use Heroic Charge immediately to quickly deal large amount of damage and stun them for 1.5 seconds. Therefore, feel free to take cv, even though u are not a support, if u need it.

: good spell. It can surprise your enemies and save u from a dangerous situation. Use it when u have less than 100 hp. It can let u absorb much more damage wif ur passive and bait your enemies.

: a good choice that can save your life, and it is buffed. It is recommended when u are ap poppy. You can take cleanse if u don't like Ignite.

: for jungler poppy only

is a good spell for poppy to return to the lane quickly if she is pushed out of lane.

Moreover, some people use it to Back Door. I think it is viable too.

Since poppy will have quite a lot movement speed late game, seems be outweighed by , and .

is now available in summoner's rift(5v5).

It is good to block a lot of damage. If u use it when u are low, it can benefit from your passive a lot. U may need it to save your life when u are fighting against . Tank poppy loves it.

Other summoner spells are not recommended, but u csn still try them, just for fun lol.

Farming

Farming is a hard job for poppy, especially ap poppy. U can last hit minion to farm slowly or use your to increase your farming speed. However, it will cost a lot of mana.

If u are support poppy, congratulation, u wont have this problem because u don't even have to farm.

AP poppy have the worst farming skill. U can aim at killing or assisting to make money.

AD poppy can farm better mid and late game because she will have attack damage and attack speed.

Tank poppy use and to farm.

Items

My core items will be , , , philosopher's stone.

In this build, u will not need . It is because u will have enough armor for sure. Moreover, it is the best boots for poppy as poppy needs magic resist and tenacity.

Spellblade passive is essential to poppy. is the only defensive item that have spellblade. U can have AOE slow and 125% more damage for 1 hit after a spell. U will always use it with your to deal heavy damage in 1 hit.

U can have some more mana and armor which let u spam your ability more frequently and boost your tankiness.

its armor and magic resist boost your tankiness and help u absorb damage in teamfights

With its lovely passive, u can have a second life to revenge.
Go kill everything.

Its passive gives u a second life with 30% of your hp, it gives u 30% more health indirectly.

philosopher's stone

philosopher's stone provides poppy with some necessary sustain. Hp regen and mana regen make poppy hard to be pushed out from lane. U will rush a philosopher's stone as soon as possible to generate the most gold for yourself. More gold, better mid and late game.

Some aggressive items u can build:

U can use it if you want to deal more damage to single target.
It gives u some magic penetration and u can deal more damage with your Q and E.

U can deal 10% of your target's max health as DOT when your Q hits him/her. It is because is a single target spell and u have your slow from .

U can build to deal more AOE damage.

Also, it provides poppy with some life steal and health regen. U will have some sustain to make u much more tanky.

It stacks with your spellblade from .

It grant u some AD, AP and attack speed. When u are getting low, it grant u some more attack speed and some sustain to enhance your damage and tankiness.

Use your ult when your health is below 50% to trigger the passive.

Unique Skills

A good poppy player must master her Heroic Charge.

It can be used to initiate, chase enemies, escape form dangerous situation, STUN people etc.
+ combo can be very useful.

Remember to buy some wards which will help u a lot. When u are escaping in jungle, u can put a ward at the place that u can see the neutral monsters and use Heroic Charge to target the neutral monsters. With this method u can pass through wall and terrain.
U can also ward bushes and use your immediately to stun enemies in the bushes.

When u are being ganked or just need to escape, u can run towards enemies' minions and pass through them. Your enemies must follow u. Then u can suddenly charge on a minion and escape(combining and , no one can chase u.

Go into bushes, bait people to trade damage with u. Then u can just Q him when he come in, and E to an enemy minion then go away. And u win the trade XD.

Remember to buy some pots every time u recall, combining with your passive, you can bait your enemies and the pots usually save your life.
U can use pots in every teamfight. They can give u more HP regen during the teamfight. U are able to absorb more damage with lovey pots. It cost u only 35G, 35G may save your life. I usually use pots to survive the fxxking cheap ult of .

Please remember your passive can't block true damage and DOT.

Teamfights

Your job will be creating chaos and dealing as much damage as u can. U can also chase their ADC and APC to force them to retreat.

Who should poppy target with her ult?

Always target the glass cannon. U will have enough tankiness to deal with them. U need that 40% more damage from your ult to kill their ADC and APC more quickly.

pOPpy VS ?(not yet done)

Red(extremely dangerous to u) > Orange(dangerous to u) > yellow(slightly dangerous to u) > green(safe to u) > blue(you can use it as your advantage)

true damage > DOT > magical damage > physical damage

difficulty: 8-9(out of 10)

- He deals true damage and magic dot

- prevent him from stacking his passive on u

- ask for early ganks (darius has no escaping mechanics)

- u should always have 500+ HP to prevent darius from killing u.

- Buy more pots to survive in lane

- Use and/or when he ult u.

difficulties: 10

- he deals magical dot

- He is ranged and he can harass u non-stop

- he runs fast

- Your Q can't hit him when u are blinded by his Q

- Ask for early ganks (pre level 6) (he is extremely squishy)

difficulty: 9

- He deals true damage

- Try to take Q first and trade damage early with him.

- u should ask for ganks

- u should farm under turret

difficulty: 3

- he deals mostly physical damage

- only his passive deals magical dot, u should prevent him from stacking his passive on u

difficulty: pre lv 6 : 5
after lv 6 : 9

- he deals only magic damage

- Try to take Q first and trade damage early with him

- u should ask for early ganks

- He will have great sustain after lv 6-7

difficulty: 10

- He deals magic damage (also dot)(Q, ult)

- Try to trade damage early with him

- u should ask for ganks.

difficulty: 6-8

- She deals only physical damage

- u can try to max W first

- Be careful of her combo

- she has a stun(W)

difficulty:

difficulty:

difficulty: 2-9

2 for bad xin zhao
9 for good xin zhao and bad poppy

- he deals mostly physical damage

- His damage is crazy, avoid trading damage with him

- He has good sustain (E)

- he has no real escaping mechanics

- u should ask for ganks

- Don' t try to 1v1 him, but u can 1v2 and 2v1 him(ult the jungler)

difficulty: 4-5

- he deals mostly physical damage

- Dodge his Q

- When he use his E, don't fight with him.

difficulty: 2-8

- he deals real damage (ult) and magic damage

- He is as dangerous as darius to u, if he bring ignite.

- Dodge his Q (hard CC)

- If he doesn't bring ignite, he is just a farmer, u can ignore him

- Don't trade damage with him, he has great sustain(passive)

difficulty: 9

- she deals magic damage

- She has double shield W

- she has double dash ult

- Dodge her Q (by running towards her or running rightward)

difficulty: 4-9

Pre lv6: 4
Above lv6 : 9

- she deals magic damage

- Once she has her ult , she deals great magic damage. Tower diving and ganking is the only way to keep u safe.

- U can buy to counter her

- she is a ***ing ninja

difficulty: 2-7

- She deals mostly physical damage.

- She become very dangerous when she meets lv 6, be care of her ignite + ult combo

- she can tower dive u easily.

difficulty: 2-6

- she deals magic damage

- Trade damage with her earlier

- She is squishy

- Don't tower dive her yourself

difficulty: 9

- He deals magic damage

- he has lots of stun (passive)

- dodge his Q

- prevent him frim stacking his passive on u

- he is a ***ing ninja

- u should ask for ganks

difficulty: 2-4

- He deals only physical damage

difficulty: 2-9

2 for AD rengar
9 for AP rengar(fxxking high damage)

- Stay away from bushes

- ward the bushes

difficulty: 5

- he deals magic damage

- try to harass him a lot, he will gain a shield(passive) if he didn't take any damage for 10 seconds

- beware of his ult + ignite combo, it kills u under your turret.

- run towards him immediately if u found that he is gonna ult u (U can easily dodge his ult and kill him(under turret))

difficulty: 2-7

- he deals more physical damage than magical damage

- Just be careful of his ult(save your E and bring flash).

difficulty: 7
- she deals true damage W

- Don't fight with her when she activate her W

- she has a stun(E)

difficulty: 4-8

- Press Q before he use his Q to reach u

- He is as dangerous as darius when he meets lv 6 ( + ult)

difficulty: 5-8

- he deals more physical damage than magical damage

- his dodge E can't dodge your Q

- he has a stun(E)

- Pre lv 6, u can rape him (he starts to deal some magical damage and become tanky by when he meets lv 6)

- U should trade damage with him earlier especially at lv 1, u can activate
your W and *** him with your basic attack

- he is a ***ing ninja turtle

difficulty: 1

- He is a farmer

- he deals mostly physical damage

difficulty: 5-6

- He deals mostly physical damage.

- His abilities take long time to cool down (pre lv6)

- he has a stun (W)

difficulty: 10

- She is ranged, she can harass u non-stop

- She can deal a lot of magic damage

- She has good sustain E

- She is hard to gank, because of her W and W

- Her Q is a must-dodge if she build AP

difficulty:

difficulty:

difficulty:

difficulty: 2

- he deals little damage to u

- he has a taunt(E)

- he can teleport(ult and summoner spell

- he is a ***ing ninja

difficulty: 2-7

- he deals magical dot

- He seems

quite harmless

- he stacks hp, u can *** him with your Q

- Don't chase him and don't get ganked

- he has hard cc (slow and )

- u should farm under your turret

- a good singed will try to harass u quite a lot by using and Q.

- Don't be rage when he is being too annoying,

impulse is evil

.

difficulty: 1-3

- He deals only physical damage

- Don't fight or trade with him when he has full fury

- his W may affect your lasthitting.

- Don't tower dive him yourself

- Ignite will *** him

difficulty: 2-5

- he deals mostly physical damage

- Don't waste your Q on his

- his ult is OP, it has high damage and a knock up.

Poppy's counters ( avoid them)

Tank has no counter.

No one can counter poppy if she is building tank.

Special thanks

Meiyjhe has helped me a lot.

He wrote a guide and guided me to write a guide lol.

I am Lord and Master has given me a lot of supports

Sirell

Assassin pOPpy hates S3

http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/-282028?revision

change log

http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/poppy-186647 (S2 to S3)

http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/-281724?revision (26/12/2012)

http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/-282028?revision (assassin pOPpy)

Outro

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