Talk:Poppy/@comment-49.176.65.162-20120609144637/@comment-3358335-20120610180753

Here's my take. The only real reason to go AP Poppy is for the DFG combo with the ult. Lichbane is a must or you get completely casterated by Magic Resist on the other team. The Big damage with the Heroic Charge is also nice, but it isn't a game changer.

AD Poppy does more hybrid damage. The entire damage of the Q is magic damage while the regular hits aren't to be scoffed at. Which means that even though the overall burstiness is a little lower, she is ussually more dangerous.

That being said, there is a time or place for both builds. You should allows yourself room to change to either one as long as possilble depending on the enemy or what they have done. If your Ashe has absolutely throttled the bottom lane and the entire other team built thornmail, then you should probably go AP Poppy. Or if your Veigar managed to get up to 2.5k AP, you should probably go AD. The most important thing, with either one is to do as much Hybrid damage as possible. For example, you may not always want your Lichbane/trinity force proc to be tied up in your Q. If their MR is low and their armor High, you definately want to, but if their MR is high, then hit your W, smack them with your proc'd sheen item, then hit your Q.