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[11.4] Smash'em with the Hammer! - Poppy Top
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Runes: Grasp - Classic
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Resolve
Inspiration
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
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Ability Order
Iron Ambassador (PASSIVE)
Poppy Passive Ability
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Hello. I'm Kocykek and I am
Poppy main since the very beginning of Season 10. I have 150k Mastery Points on her. What inspired me to play Poppy is the fact that she was everything that I was looking for since the Summer of 2019.Currently I'm peaking at Diamond III and I've been still Silver last year ago.
I'm trying to climb even higher this season. This is also my "first real" guide on Mobafire.
I think that's enough of info about me and let's roll into my guide about
Poppy!
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Poppy is a really good tank that excels at locking down single targets. She has good laning phase in which her short trades are bursty enough to deal a decent chunk of damage. Not to mention, her Steadfast Presence stops dashes so she can pretty much stop Irelia, Yasuo and other champs with just one ability, their damage output - gone. Her ult can be a teamfight changer ability. She can literally throw away carry on their team so you can fight 4v5 for a few seconds. |
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While Poppy remains strong pick against mobile champs, her primary weakness is facing AP champs which most of them are ranged. Poppy likes to fight in close combats and not on long distances. Another con is counterable E. You can literally Blink ( Arcane Shift/ Living Shadow) and Flash Heroic Charge. Also she is very vulnerable to kitness, cleanses and unstoppable type abilities ( Vayne/ Gangplank/ Olaf). |
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This is typical ability sequence. Maxing E is a thing too but it's not worth it since Q deals more dmg anyway.
Tips
⍟ Combining
Heroic Charge with a terrain is a guarantee to deal a bursty damage.⍟ Enemies can (flash/blink) your E.
⍟ While using
Steadfast Presence, you are for 2 seconds a walking anti-dash shield. You can Flash and use Heroic Charge during it to stop dashes landing in some direction or so.⍟ Q is your main dealing damage ability. Be sure to use it as much as possible.
⍟ Your
Iron Ambassador can be used as a poking or as a minion finisher.Combos
Q+Passive (Typical Short-Trading)
E+AA+Q+AA+W (Advanced Early Trade)
FLASH+E+AA+Q+AA(All-In Pre-6)
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E+AA+Q+AA+R+AA+W (>LvL.6 Typical Combo)
E+AA+Q+AA+R+AA+TIAMAT (Combo with Tiamat)
R+W+E+AA+Q+AA (Enemy under turret)
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YUUMI Gives Poppy movement speed, adaptive forces, hp. Perfection! |
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RAMMUS Poppy. His taunting allows our yordle to better position her E and combo.
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There are 3 rune pages that are viable for a Poppy at the moment.
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This rune is starting to be my favourite rune on Poppy. It offers everything Poppy needs in laning phase and mid and late game. Unsealed Spellbook is the rune that benefits your team. Why? Let me tell you some examples: They have a fed assasin or adc? Using Exhaust on him is the solution. Jungler doesn't have a Smite while taking objective? Well take it yourself! Tons of CC? Cleanse is waiting for his moment. No mana in laning phase? Maybe Clarity? Not only the main rune but also Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic helps in sustain on lane while resolve tree which contains Bone Plating and Revitalize hold Poppy to not be easily taken out. There is also Magical Footwear. It kinda reduces the kitness of enemies.
Poppy. It offers everything Poppy needs in laning phase and mid and late game. Unsealed Spellbook is the rune that benefits your team. Why? Let me tell you some examples: They have a fed assasin or adc? Using Exhaust on him is the solution. Jungler doesn't have a Smite while taking objective? Well take it yourself! Tons of CC? Cleanse is waiting for his moment. No mana in laning phase? Maybe Clarity? Not only the main rune but also Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic helps in sustain on lane while resolve tree which contains Bone Plating and Revitalize hold Poppy to not be easily taken out. There is also Magical Footwear. It kinda reduces the kitness of enemies.
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CONQUEROR +RESOLVE |
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I'm taking this rune only if there is a tank as my enemy or someone really durable. I call this rune "Scalling Juggernaut" cause the more minutes you are into game you become more and more tanky with tons of damage and also healing. This rune set allows to basically 1v9. Conqueror as main rune allows Poppy to heal off and also have more damage during fights. Triumph shines in teamfights. Legend: Tenacity reduces the time of CC and Last Stand helps Poppy to stay alive while being on low hp beacause she is easily outkited. In Resolve tree we have Conditioning which gives Poppy armor and magic resists and the combination of this rune with the Death's Dance make Poppy really hard to kill. While being below 50% it just is too much tankiness for the enemies to handle our cute Yordle.
The last rune is Unflinching beacause it also affects thrown crowd control but this time while being on low hp. This whole rune set is amazing while fighting 1v3 for example a tank a bruiser and maybe even a hard cc support with them. You won't fall behind if you are versus tank on lane.
Conqueror as main rune allows Poppy to heal off and also have more damage during fights. Triumph shines in teamfights. Legend: Tenacity reduces the time of CC and Last Stand helps Poppy to stay alive while being on low hp beacause she is easily outkited. In Resolve tree we have Conditioning which gives Poppy armor and magic resists and the combination of this rune with the Death's Dance make Poppy really hard to kill. While being below 50% it just is too much tankiness for the enemies to handle our cute Yordle.The last rune is
Unflinching beacause it also affects thrown crowd control but this time while being on low hp. This whole rune set is amazing while fighting 1v3 for example a tank a bruiser and maybe even a hard cc support with them. You won't fall behind if you are versus tank on lane.
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The classic one as they say. While I rarely use it on Poppy, the others just go with it every game.
Personally I don't think it is bad choice but it is kinda bad from my point of view. Okay. Grasp of the Undying. It is good for laning phase but for what? You maybe won lane but you only gained probably like 100 hp and nothing more. Also when you will proc Grasp of the Undying in teamfights?
Shield Bash is okay but it is also kinda useless later in the game, when you gonna pick up your shield? The enemy will step on it faster than you and you have one rune less. Bone Plating is good choice here same as Revitalize. Inspiration tree has Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic.
Basically from this tree you have 4 working runes cause two of them ( Grasp of the Undying and Shield Bash) erase themselves in later aspects of the game.
And not to mention, these remaining runes are all in Unsealed Spellbook rune set...
Poppy, the others just go with it every game.Personally I don't think it is bad choice but it is kinda bad from my point of view. Okay.
Grasp of the Undying. It is good for laning phase but for what? You maybe won lane but you only gained probably like 100 hp and nothing more. Also when you will proc Grasp of the Undying in teamfights? Shield Bash is okay but it is also kinda useless later in the game, when you gonna pick up your shield? The enemy will step on it faster than you and you have one rune less. Bone Plating is good choice here same as Revitalize. Inspiration tree has Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic.Basically from this tree you have 4 working runes cause two of them (
Grasp of the Undying and Shield Bash) erase themselves in later aspects of the game.And not to mention, these remaining runes are all in
Unsealed Spellbook rune set...
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Corrupting Potion Best starting item for Poppy . Offers sustain and survivability in laning phase.
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Doran's Shield Very defensive option. Good item against poke and ranged matchups. Sadly, it doesn't offer any sustain. |
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Cull Good item if you decide to farm. Sometimes it is a must on "farm lanes". |
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Bami's Cinder Probably best early item for Poppy. It helps in farming and also in fighting enemies beacause of its burst passive.
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Sheen My favourite item on Poppy . It offers cooldown reduction, mana and also more damage . I use Sheen to poke enemies. Also Sheen can be upgraded into two seperate items depending on their teamcomp.
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Doran's Blade I don't really buy it but I think it's not that bad option when you are buying 2 of these. |
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Boots of Speed Clearly for more mobility. To come to lane quicker, to dodge skillshots, you know :^) |
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Bramble Vest Best early item for autoattack champions ( Fiora / Irelia / Jax / Urgot) or melee champs with so much healing ( Dr. Mundo / Aatrox) .
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Spectre's Cowl Defensive item against ap poke/ranged matchups. I wish it was buffed a little. It doesn't do that much as expected. |
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Tear of the Goddess Only take it if you took Presence of Mind and want to go Manamune . Best to take it if ahead .
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Better option if: - Against AP Champs - Against Squishy Champs - Ahead Trinity Force offers Poppy tons of stats that suits our Yordle very well. More mobility, more damage, more mana, more hp, 20% cooldown reduction. Best item possible, hands down. |
While Trinity Force remains strong option, Iceborn Gauntlet is better against heavy AD Teamcomps. It offers armor, 20% cooldown reduction and so much mana. It also adds slow on your Sheen effect. |
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Ninja Tabi > ARMOR Standard boots for Poppy. Blocks 12% damage from auto attacks. While Poppy is created against AD Matchups, these boots are perfect for her.Mercury's Treads > TENACITY When there are just many CC there is a must to buy these. Reduces some time when you are immobilized. |
Now when going into the rest of items, Unsealed Spellbook rune set can either go with Grasp of the Undying or Conqueror items. Choice is up to yours.
Unsealed Spellbook rune set can either go with Grasp of the Undying or Conqueror items. Choice is up to yours.
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Iceborn Gauntlet Great item on tanky Poppy beacause of tankiness, mana and cooldown reduction it provides. Maybe also too of damage on passive . Sheen's proc here creates slow around area where you AA or throw your Iron Ambassador.
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Sunfire Cape Another beast item for tanks. Sunfire Aegis excels at close fights. The buff it received in Season 10 really helped and not only this item helps at farming but also bursting down someone with combo.
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Spirit Visage Typical first magic resist item. Gives 10% CDR, decent amount of HP, some magic resist and increased healing from all sources, it mainly increases healing from your Grasp of the Undying .
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Dead Man's Plate It is always a satisfying feeling getting this item. You get HP, Armor, On-Hit Slow and Movement Speed to Engage with additional damage. Great item overall! |
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Adaptive Helm Situational item against mages with repetitive damage. For example: Mordekaiser, Cassiopeia, Teemo, Fiddlesticks.
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Gargoyle Stoneplate Good cheap item. Especially good when there are a lot of teamfights. Gives you good amount of armor and magic resist and also an active that let you become meat shield with more hp for 4 seconds. |
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Frozen Heart If versus full AD Team, this is a must to go. Gives you literally 110 Armor which is massive for Poppy. Also 20% CDR with tons of mana and passive that reduces attack speed of nearby enemies.
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Randuin's Omen Facing Yasuo, Yone or ADC? This item is perfect for these situations. Make their crits look like useless to you.
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Locket of the Iron Solari A support item that gives your team 130-300(20% bonus health) shield to all allies. When thrown in middle of teamfight, the fight is probably won by you. |
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Knight's Vow If your ADC can carry your team to victory, Knight's Vow helps here to increase a bit his tankiness. You take 12% damage he take and you heal 12% damage he deal.
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Trinity Force As mentioned earlier, probably best item for Poppy (Aside from Sunfire Aegis). Gives damage, mobility, cooldown reduction, mana, health. Literally a tiny amount of everything which Poppy needs.
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Death's Dance Literally the best "tank item". Gives healing and bleed effect which is op for Poppy!. You also receive armor and magic resist aswell as some AD. A must for Conqueror Poppy.
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Sunfire Cape Sunfire Aegis is viable on Conqueror Poppy too. Another beast item for tanks. Sunfire Aegis excels at close fights. The buff it received in Season 10 really helped and not only this item helps at farming but also bursting down someone with combo.
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Spirit Visage Gives 10% CDR, decent amount of HP, some magic resist and increased healing from all sources . Having increased healing from Conqueror aswell with Death's Dance can be scary for enemies. |
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Sterak's Gage Kinda a situational item but overall it's not that bad to take if ahead early on. Gives AD aswell as HP with shield! Poppy 's weakness is burst damage and well if she took one while having this item, it is not really a problem.
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Dead Man's Plate It is always a satisfying feeling getting this item. You get HP, Armor, On-Hit Slow and Movement Speed to Engage with additional damage. Great item overall! |
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Black Cleaver Situational item. Helps in killing tanks and tough enemies. Replace it with Trinity Force if enemy team are so tanky. Almost gives the same stats as Trinity.
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Maw of Malmortius Great item against AP Burst Damage or Full AP Teams . Gives you decent stats for its price with amazing passive. |
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Mortal Reminder Replacement for Black Cleaver for tanky enemies. Also gives healing reduction on your spells and autoattacks.
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Poppy's laning phase depends on short trades and poking from
Iron Ambassador.Typical short trade combo is Q+Passive.
If you have
Grasp of the Undying stack it from autoattacks and then throw Iron Ambassador with it.Poppy can get cheesed, the minions will be closer to her tower than enemies.
And it will be perfect situation to her to start freezing. Freezing is about last-hiting minions in last miliseconds perfectly, not regularly hitting minions but just... last-hiting them. It works the best in situations where enemy has less hp than you and he needs xp so much. If you don't know how to freeze anyway, check some guides on YouTube. I'm sure they will help you.
Poppy's minion wave management will be depended on matchup. The more difficult, then more closer to her tower. More easier, then more priority for
Poppy.
Here you can see typical warding on topside of the map. Red are the most important which brings vision to classic ganks. Yellow are kinda situational. If Enemy has one of cheese junglers you can pretty much expect them in bushes. Example: Elise . If Enemy has a jungler that have to ramp up like Rammus or Hecarim it is better to place ward further into river. The last one in Herald is actually rarely placed but it is only against junglers with mobility, wall-passing or even invade potential like Lee Sin or Kayn.
And now... Elise . If Enemy has a jungler that have to ramp up like Rammus or Hecarim it is better to place ward further into river. The last one in Herald is actually rarely placed but it is only against junglers with mobility, wall-passing or even invade potential like Lee Sin or Kayn.
How to deal with certain matchups?
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AATROX Bone Plating to counter his short-trade combo and also go for short-trades with Q+Passive. Rush Bramble Vest and your good until he buys Black Cleaver. Buy as fast as possible Sunfire Aegis or Iceborn Gauntlet. And it's gg for you.
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AKALI Maw of Malmortius but beacause of her laning phase, it will take some time to get there. After that Akali isn't that much of problem for you.
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CAMILLE Poppy . Her combo is based on hitting stun with using a wall and when you just use W, it's gg for her . Rush Sunfire Aegis and enjoy free lane.
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CHOGATH Conqueror rune set. Your Q max health damage shreds him . Beware of his early poke. Hexdrinker can be here good. Later on you pretty much win.
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FIORA Bramble Vest. And you are good up to late game where she just shreds everyone no matter what. True damage is op.
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GANGPLANK Second Wind + Revitalize + Doran's Shield. Do not get poked so much and rush Sheen to poke him aswell. If he comes near beacause of barrel explosion q him and try to hit E. After 6 you pretty much win I guess.
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IRELIA Bramble Vest and Bami's Cinder and it is won lane for you. And even if she will be ahead, you just ruin her combo in teamfights.
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JAX Bramble Vest up to like lvl.13, then it is just skill matchup.
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KENNEN Second Wind + Revitalize + Doran's Shield to get some defense for his poking. Farm minions and grab some magic resists. You pretty much don't win lane but you are much useful in mid-late game.
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LUCIAN Press the Attack. Rush Ninja Tabi and Sheen. Your W stops his E. Farm Minions and go in whenever there is a chance. After 6 when you go full tank you pretty much win.
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MALPHITE Black Cleaver and Bami's Cinder is probably only items in this matchup that can help a little. Never fight him alone. Fight him with your team.
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MAOKAI Executioner's Calling. If you take conqueror and scale enough to mid-late game you kill him. Do not fight him pre-9.
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MUNDO Bramble Vest. Also take Conqueror and you pretty much win the lane.
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ORNN Ornn but better. You can stop his E and his second cast on R. Be careful of his W maximum health magic damage. It hurts. Take Conqueror. Black Cleaver is probably a must.
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RENEKTON Bramble Vest and probably Ninja Tabi and you won lane. Also your W stops his E.
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SETT Bramble Vest and Ninja Tabi. You win up to moment he finishes building Black Cleaver. Play with team then.
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SHEN Hexdrinker or something like that. Your W stops his E but if his E is too close, you get taunted. After lvl.6 try to cancel his R with your R or E. Then start playing with team cause solo-killing him is probably hard.
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SINGED Adaptive Helm is too good for this matchup.
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SYLAS Executioner's Calling to reduce his primary part of his kit which is healing. After that you probably will scale up faster than him and you just win.
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TAHM KENCH Tahm Kench is a strong counter to Poppy. His magic damage just shreds and his tankiness is too much for you. It is a farm lane.
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IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL THESE 3. Buy Cull and farm minions under turret. You engage, you dead. All outkite you and outdamage you. Bless God you don't have them as enemies.
Cull and farm minions under turret. You engage, you dead. All outkite you and outdamage you. Bless God you don't have them as enemies.
I will add more matchups as the time flies.
Mid Game is probably
Poppy's best phase. In this aspect of the game it is the best option to roam to take objectives or grab some kills. It can be situational but you can splitpush as well if that's the case and nothing is happening on the map right now.
When to teleport?
Teleport if:
- there is an occasion to take objective. - With you being able to help, taking dragon will be so easy.
- enemies are pushing and there is a ward in bush. - You can
- enemies are fighting with your allies.
Teleport if:
- there is an occasion to take objective. - With you being able to help, taking dragon will be so easy.
- enemies are pushing and there is a ward in bush. - You can
- enemies are fighting with your allies.
When to splitpush?
Splitpush only if there isn't any dragon to take or enemy toplaner wants to roam other lanes. Try to take Herald. Proc sheen as much as possible on towers. If you are facing skill or easier matchup it shouldn't be a problem. If they want to fight you, you either win or run away (Or you just mess up your skills and you ded, let's hope not O_O).
Splitpush only if there isn't any dragon to take or enemy toplaner wants to roam other lanes. Try to take Herald. Proc sheen as much as possible on towers. If you are facing skill or easier matchup it shouldn't be a problem. If they want to fight you, you either win or run away (Or you just mess up your skills and you ded, let's hope not O_O).
How to take objectives?
While taking objectives as Poppy can be easy, you need some positioning.
If enemy jungler is taking dragon lock him up with your E or use charged R to send him away and let your jungler do the job. Best jungler here possible is probably Nunu & Willump.
If you don't have a target to stun or just enemies aren't doing drake, stand here with your W ready, as it will ground them if they use a blast cone and they won't steal dragon easily.
While taking objectives as
Poppy can be easy, you need some positioning.If enemy jungler is taking dragon lock him up with your E or use charged R to send him away and let your jungler do the job. Best jungler here possible is probably
Nunu & Willump.If you don't have a target to stun or just enemies aren't doing drake, stand here with your W ready, as it will ground them if they use a blast cone and they won't steal dragon easily.
How to help your allies?
- Use Charged R to save your ally from enemy,
- Use W+Flash or W+E to stop dash landing into your ally,
- Roam a lot,
- Help taking objectives,
- Play as a team.
- Use Charged R to save your ally from enemy,
- Use W+Flash or W+E to stop dash landing into your ally,
- Roam a lot,
- Help taking objectives,
- Play as a team.
Here you can see the difficulty of fighting enemies based on terrain.
Close to the walls / Guarantee of Wall-hit = Green
Possible to Stun with E but not guaranteed = Yellow
No walls - Bad Terrain = Red
Close to the walls / Guarantee of Wall-hit = Green
Possible to Stun with E but not guaranteed = Yellow
No walls - Bad Terrain = Red
In late game Poppy is either a follow-Uper, engager or ADC protector. It depends really on teamcomp what Poppy will become.
- No CC supports - Protector
- No CC allies - Engager
- Have Engagers - Follow-Uper
- No CC supports - Protector
- No CC allies - Engager
- Have Engagers - Follow-Uper
Protector - You protect your ADC from dying, such as ulting assasins or grounding them with your W, maybe also locking them with
Heroic Charge.Engager - You start the fight with stun from your E.
Dead Man's Plate or Turbo Chemtank are good for engaging. You can also send someone away to start the madness.Follow-uper - Charge into a battle after your ally engaged.
And with these 3 roles you pretty much end the game.
You play as a team in late game and you win if you do good.
You play as a team in late game and you win if you do good.
Thank you for reading my guide about Poppy!
I hope you enjoyed it ^_^
I hope you enjoyed it ^_^
Update log:
09.08 - Guide Created
21.08 - Added Fighting and Warding images. Fixed matchups selection, added
Mordekaiser and some text overall22.08 - Fixed some text in Abilities and edited "some Chapters" to feel comfy while reading them.
Special thanks to:
- jhoijhoi - if not her, I wouldn't even be writing these letters.
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