Hey, thank you for making this guide. It's really helped my Poppy game improve. The only question I have is why aren't the masteries in the guide? I went to see which masteries you ran in a game and it seemed to be 8/22/0, with 1pt in Fury, 4pt in Sorcery, 3pt in Brute Force, 2pt in Block, 2pt in Recovery, 2pt in Swiftness, 1pt in Unyielding, 3pt in Veteran's Scars, 1pt in Tenacious, 1pt in Juggernaut, 3pt in Hardiness, 3pt in Perseverance, 1pt in Reinforced Armor, 1pt in Second Wind, 1pt in Enchanted Armor, and 1pt in Legendary Guardian.

I have the folowing questions.Dont you remain behind with the gold?I am not the best poppy player , but in long engages i remain with out mana and i marely use W for escapes , dont you have some issues with mana or you rush sheen to fix a bit the problem?
And finaly i think that your build is a monster of offensive , it has no gap cover in case i fail.But thanks , i made a big image on how poppy supp should be played yet id go for 0 18/19 11/12 for some gold , mana regen and cd for D-F

In that photo i couldn't help but notice you have more kills then your ADC. So how can you call this a "support" guide? The name of this guide should be changed to " AD Bruiser Poppy-Bot Lane".

LoL. No. This is not supporting. This is going "Kill lane" Your build does not benefit the team, it only benefits yourself, which in reality means, you're not supporting. This is just another "oh look how cool I am builds" " I can take a bruiser bot, and destroy enemy adc's with ease". Well no ****, especially if you're building Infinity edge, and Trinity Force. Build actual support/tank items, and then see how effective Poppy "Support" is.

Hello,
i rly <3 your Poppy guide. It made me to play Poppy as support.
Eventho i get too much hate from ADCs, through we are winning. Also got a little problems with golds at start to get core items.
Most people blaming me for not buying SightStone. Are you buying loads of regular wards instead of buying SightStone ?

So much hate for such a cute hero <3 Poppy!

Really great Guide helped loads.

Hey dude, great guide, just tried it in a normal game and rekt the enemy :p, now let's go for ranked

Your first point -- I only take CS when my ADC isn't in lane -- i'll last hit, unless the laning phase is over by which ill be pressuring the lane to extend the game. You will find as you play her that gold doesn't really become an issue, 9/10 games you will hit trinity force by 25-30min mark, which is impressive for a support. Your gold will come from assists, kills, objectives like towers and drakes, and the odd cs. In the majority of my games i usually have 1-3 assists by 10min, or 1-3 kills.

As for playing poppy in the first place, it is pretty strong early, it has mega sustain with the runes i've given. However, the main reason is that - no-one expects a poppy support, you trick the enemy, and already they're at a disadvantage since typically not many players know how to deal with poppy, let alone poppy support -- this brings me onto the point of baiting...you'll find a lot of people will try dive you or initiate on you -- to which you can turn around pretty fast with ult+heal+barrier...as long as you time it well.

Your second point: Top/Jungle works, but this is primarily a support guide. I play her anywhere, i just wanted to share with players out there who like to try new roles and champs that support poppy works, and is fun to play. I've reached d1, and d2 on my smurf playing poppy support in 80% of the games, so its not 'luck'. Towards the later stages of the game, you can probably get tiamat and pressure the lanes till late. I usually do this when I realize the game will be difficult.

questions:
1. Yes
2. No
3. Your ult disables and you take damage from everyone.

This specific champ and role will take some time to get used to and master. It won't be an easy ride, but im sure if you want to try it, be my guest~~and if you're on EUW add me and i can help you out!

Thanks,
Xiaowiriamu

Hello, awesome guide. I am looking forward to trying it. There is one thing that concerns me though. Understand that I have no idea how the support role works or how they are usually played (or ADC for that matter), but I don't get how your supposed to get gold. I see no gold per 10 items, or really any items that get gold from a teamate last hitting. I see no runes or masteries that do that either. And I always thought supports were not supposed to last hit cause the ADC gets them all. Do you last hit some of them, and if so, how much % of them would you say you last hit? Also, does your ADC get mad when you take some?

This leads me to wonder why go support with Poppy in the first place? I mean, she has a weak early game and a strong late game, so it seems counter-intuitive to put her in the role where she will get the least CS and the least exp, thus extending the time she is weak in early game. Like, why not Top or Jungle where you can level up and CS faster? What actual advantages does going sup have?

Some other questions:
1. When her ult is on somebody, is she invulnerable to turrets? When I tried it seemed like I did it

2. Does the passive reduce tower shot damage? Because the skill description specifically says it does not effect structures.

3. What happens if the target of your ult dies before your ult runs out?

Well this guide is one that is out of the meta... Understandably people assume it is a troll build because it is not popular. I just thought I'd share a fun role and underrated champion with the community, one I believe can help in carrying in times when you're support.

I've tested every build on poppy, and as a support this is the best. Going full support like majority of supports causes a lack of presence. It's up to the player as to whether he wants to buy sightstone for example, I'm happy with buying the odd ward when I have the gold, and telling my team to help me ward the map (which they should).

You can argue that this is more or less a Top poppy build, and thus not technically a true support, but in this current meta... more and more people are picking champions they can carry with. Since this build is soloQ orientated, picking a typical support makes you dependant on your team more or so less than with Annie, Fiddle, Morgana or Poppy support.

Building tank poppy isn't worth the while, your passive becomes less effective, and ultimately since Poppy is a hyper carry, you lose what she is good at. It's far more effective splashing out damage with the gold you get from assists, drakes, or kills in lane, and towards late you can just pressure a lane and force a late game so you become more useful (not that you're useless at this point, but a late game poppy = dead carries for enemy).

It's your job as poppy support to shut-down their carry, if you see an enemy support 1v1ing your carry, it's going to be a tough game. I don't necessarily steal kills or cs from my AD... I'm just a hyper carry, playing a support role, building damage taking farm where possible and necessarily. The point of running Botrk is that it is actually really effective for poppy, alongside hydra combo -- makes you have great life-steal, wave clearance, damage, and chase capabilities to shut-down their carry.

You made a good point that this particular guide only works because I am good with poppy, but again, this guide does and will take practice and experience and once played right -- I'm sure you can carry games as support pretty hard. I've played many games with bad AD's, infact the majority of AD's I've had...have been below par... arguably it can be said it's because they have a poppy support, but 9/10 my ad is fed because of me, and we win bot.

I'll also like to add that ganks are pretty hard for the enemy. Since I have ultimate, and great sustain - I can either push their jungler away, or stun them...or even stun their CC'r so my AD can escape. Furthermore, speaking of ganks, it's so easy now to tower-dive effectively with Poppy.

This guide inherits a solid early game, and progressing mid, and a hyper carry late. However, thanks for the response -- I still need to fix up the itemizations and relieve some errors. But I'll like to note that this is a Poppy, playing a support role, so it is Poppy support. Just because I'm not building typical support items doesn't mean I'm not a support ; I still ward, I still don't steal cs, and I protect my carry at all times where necessary.

If you're planning on playing a more tanky role as Poppy, you could try Randuins and Mikaels Crucible, which are items I've sometimes built in specific games. My build is more or less one I recommend and mostly use, but it is up to the player on what he decides is best in his game; league of legends is built on variables and not every guide's recommended items will work in certain games.

Also, big thanks for the comment on my hecarim guide, and thanks for commenting.

Thanks,
Xiaowiriamu

With that build you become an AD carry Poppy or a bot Poppy, not a support, it is not that I wish to preach at a diamond, but this build is a ****, first of all poppy support isn't a troll pick (all champ can go support if the player is good), her dive work a lot, but with IE and Botrk you play as and Adc and you take the kills: however in your score you rush only the trinity and the IE some times, after that you pick some health, that's maybe works, not a Botrk or a Ravenous, just play poppy as a support tanky. I do not understand how this build gets this approves, seems stupid, i love your hecarim build but this one...

*edit: you also win because you are a good player, and maybe the Ad carries with you are good too, but a few people who see this build are diamonds or maybe could play with your build, the other will have some problems, i don't put the -1 because i want try it (maybe more as a tank)

I've missed mobafire lol. And I like you iirc :D
Let's see... For starters: Trinity Force by 20 mins and Tiamat and Sheen by 18 mins seems like a 2378 gold gap to me lol. Fix?
Heal in Summoners fix.
Only problem with Support Poppy is stupidity of lower ranks.
Annnnd lastly, mention Exhaust and Teleport, they're still worth something.
I think thats really all I needed to say. +1

Edit: See I did forget something. Talk about the passive skill too. It just helps people out since this IS a guide :D