Talk:Poppy/@comment-46.113.138.204-20120827062407/@comment-5413923-20120827110442

Q) It’s dangerous to compare similar abilities between different champs, because you can’t just single out one facet of a champion and ignore the rest. Kog’Maw is a ranged AD/AP Carry; Poppy is a melee AD Bruiser/AP Assassin.  Yes, Kog’Maw’s W deals more %HP damage than Poppy’s Q over the duration.  Carries tend to do that.  Kog’Maw is also a wet paper bag that explodes if you look at it funny. Carries tend to do that too.  Poppy is a garden gnome that doesn’t break if you run over it with the lawnmower.  She also procs TF/Lichbane four times during Kog’s 17-second cooldown, but that’s just being petty.

W) It’s not giving tons of damage or armor because it’s giving it to you as a free passive; not many champions get offensive AND defensive free passives. You use the active for the movespeed bonus more than the max stacks, anyways.

E) It’s situational because if it wasn’t it’d be OP. Used correctly it’s 1.5 second stun that’s automatically attached to a non-skillshot gap-closer AND it’s dealing damage on top of that.  The “hit a wall” stipulation balances it so you can’t always get the stun, but it’s still a nice gap-closer without it.  (Secret Insider Information:  You also can’t Flash or dash out of it once she’s targeted you)

R) Read the ult’s description again and ponder upon it. Build heavy AD.  Ult the tank, kill everyone BUT the tank, then kill him too.  Receive penta.  Not bad for an assassin with no AoE.

If that is the build you are using to kill someone every ~60 seconds, you are not killing someone every ~60 seconds hard enough. Deathfire, Lichbane, Rabanana’s. R-DFG-E-Q-AA-Q. Enemy QQs. You GG.