Talk:Poppy/@comment-4832742-20130717085545/@comment-3358335-20130723212757

You should probably play Jax, Xin, or some other high damage melee. Get used to engaging without Poppy's ult.

That's the way I look at it. My ult is used secondary to my regular kit. I go in and do damage just like a regular melee bruiser. But as soon as I become the focus, or look to become the focus, I drop my ult. If my timing is exceptional I can eat 3-4 of the other team's ults a split second after mine pops up. Sometimes I'll take a beating going in and barely get it off on time, and I can only use it to escape. But even in those situations I've eaten so much of the other teams damage that my team can roll in and not have to worry about CC or big hits for the precious seconds the other team is on cooldown.

The worst thing you can do is pop it too early, and the other team just retreats for the 6-8 seconds that your ult is up, and you either spend the time chasing (And then you end up alone because your team can't keep up.) or you let them run and you don't have it for the next fight. You need to make sure your team is committed to the fight before you pop it. Which ussually means 3 to 4 seconds after the engagement starts. If you can't survive that 3-4 seconds you're doing something wrong. Either you're too deep, or you have the wrong gear.