Is Poppy really that bad?

[quote=I post stuff]Some people say she's a bad champion, others say she's actually really good at what she's supposed to do but is held back by some weaknesses such as inability to clear waves of minions. I had some real success playing her in the jungle. Dat E will either result in a kill or a burnt Flash. She clears fast because of the % damage on her Q. Mana probs go away with Spirit Stone and Philo Stone both of which are really cheap. Late game her damage is stupid. I've seen some plats around here talking about using her vs some top laners also. So did I just get lucky with a few good matches or she really isn't that bad?[/quote]

[quote=Crows foot]She gets a better waveclear with tiamat if you build her ad, or frozen gauntlet, but she has a great trouble against many in lane. She is fun though and has a lategame almost equal to or same as jax![/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD]AP poppy has the highest single-target burst possible, which is completely insane. Point is, it's incredibly hard to get there. She lacks waveclear and her mana issues are enormous. Her passive and R are completely broken but it's all hard to use. In top lane, she can perform well but both Red Buff and [[Spirit of the Elder Lizard]] and other sources from true damage completely bypass her passive which can make it very hard for her.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]I remember Spammhappy which plays Poppy at top lane. He focuses onto armor to get pretty much unkillable early. Later, he goes for [[trinity force]] and such.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD][quote=NicknameMy] I remember Spammhappy which plays Poppy at top lane. He focuses onto armor to get pretty much unkillable early. Later, he goes for [[trinity force]] and such. [/quote] I know he used to, but I don't think he still does that shit.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]I also found that guide: http://www.lolking.net/guides/14776 looks interesting.[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]Poppy just has problems with that kit. Too hard to have a consistent early ~ mis game with that kind of a kit.[/quote]

[quote=I post stuff][[Heroic Charge]] seems bugged to me though. Sometimes when I charge someone it stuns me instead, so I get stuck in one place for a while unable to attack or move. I got stuck in a wall for a little while on several occasions too. [[Devastating Blow]] is insaly powerful imo, it actually seems to deal the same damage as smite, if not more, on jungle creeps. I'm starting to really like jungle [[Poppy]] but then again, I might just be getting lucky with enemy teams.[/quote]

[quote=Meiyjhe]Poppy is amazingly item dependant. If you can get some kills early game, you can do crazy things with her. If you have a very passive early game where nothing is happening (except farming and harassment), Poppy probably will lose. She gets harassed and zoned very easily, she can't harass back very easily since she has high mana costs and since she gets zoned easily, she can't farm well either. In the jungle, Poppy just has a slow clear time.[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]Item dependent indeed.[/quote]