User blog comment:Muffintehbrony/Poppy, the champion not many give love to/@comment-5663427-20140305174221

Well, in current meta, having a bad early game isn't something... well bad. Hell, people are until this day spamming Yasuo or Nidalee! For me, the only reason why Poppy isn't picked, is because she isn't forgiving. Look at Riven, she is forgiving, people spammed her, now she's less forgiving, nobody plays her. That's simple, and that's the main reason why in current meta long range poke is the best composition, even if you will sacrifice teamfight power, because it's forgiving. You miss a skillshot? Don't worry, you'll have it in next 4 seconds. In Poppy's case, if she fails to stun opponent, then her burst power goes down, and when you already in fight, there's no way out, you have to stay in there, take damage (not really lol) and save yourself by trying to kill people.

TL;DR

People pick only faggots, Poppy isn't a faggot, problem solved