User blog comment:Alonlah/Poppys viability in the current meta and her status in the PBE./@comment-3466579-20130817102157

If you really play Poppy well, just pick her and tell your team mates to talk when the game will be over. No one will complain after a victory or a good game by your side.

Problem is, Poppy has a devastating potential that reaches its apex after some kills and big items, BUT, it may be almost impossible to get that potential going. She probably has the worst early game of the whole League. She doesn't have any safe or ranged harass, she doesn't have any built - in sustain, she doesn't have any reliable cc and she doesn't have any mobility skill that doesn't put you in the face of your enemy. These problems lead to a terrible early game since Poppy is so easily harassed and outfarmed. On such basis it is quite unlikely that you will get those 3 or 4 kills needed to make the wreckage start.

This said, if you somehow manage to farm and / or get some kills, you'll have an unmatched assassin and a true terror for the enemy team. Most likely though, you'll lose your lane, get outfarmed, feed and your team will be 4v5 for the whole game.