Talk:Poppy/@comment-67.185.143.98-20110327163956/@comment-3358335-20110401145100

"I disagree with raising devistating blow first. . . ." - Exiton

This is similar to when I changed from Zeal to Sheen first in my build order. I used to power level the charge first. But then tried it differently. The problem with power leveling the charge is that after people have been hit once or twice with it. Then they start to look for it and stay away from walls, which lowers it's effectiveness signicantly. The Big Hammer, on the other hand, is not as situational. Especcially if you can spam it, Running up to someone real quick (or just using your charge to close the distance, remember if they are ranged and standing with their caster minions if you charge a melee minion you can carry yourself all the way back to them and hit them with a Big Hammer.) and smacking them with the big hammer once or twice at level 3 (lvl 1 big hammer) or level 4 (lvl 2 big hammer) really makes them step back. It doesn't matter who they are, if they are beefy they are taking the full brunt of the 8%. If they are not beefy then just the hammer itself is enough to hurt, especcially once your Paragon of demacia's passive is charged.

I often get accused of playing "psycho Poppy" but a lot of that is simply establishing a lane presence. If you are willing to toss yourselves at them with the big hammer often enough and intelligently enough you make characters that would normally be fantastic harrassers step farther back. I generally out harrass Ryzes and Lux's by sheer Audacity.