User blog comment:Alonlah/Poppys viability in the current meta and her status in the PBE./@comment-5993740-20130816223013

Her laning phase is pretty bad and she's got a relatively confusing kit. The obvious thing to say would be she's hybrid, but she has a difficult enough time doing either of these things, so going one is the best thing to do. She also farms very very slowly.

Her W falls off late game, with the only use being the speed boost. Her Q's bonus damage is capped, which is stupid and no other %HP is capped against non-monster. Her E is only really good when used with her Q, because lining them against a wall is a bit difficult. Her ult is very nice, though.

I want to like Poppy a lot, but she's a lot like Karthus. Pretty terrible laning phase, with a good amount of use later in the game. I wish the cap on her Q was removed, or even changed to % current health, and I wish her W was more powerful late game. She does bring a very large amount of utility for a top laner, being able to shutdown a tower for a few moments, and being able to tackle people.