Talk:Poppy/@comment-70.66.78.120-20121205004845/@comment-63.226.194.141-20121212020007

Swain is a hard counter. Poppy will lose every trade, and at lvl 1 Swain will out DPS a poppy with his E, only to get stronger as he levels. Most good top poppy's start off with boots and rush philo and hog before getting sheen since her farming is so crap, in addition to making her quite tanky. Gunblade would be my first complete first item before i built Warden's Mail or Force of Nature, then trinity, then Force if not complete and upgrade Warden's. Lastly Philo would be upgraded to Shurelya's, but sadly this build is dead. Health regen stacks excently with Poppy's passive, and that build gave over 180per5. This season buffed nearly every champion, but severely nerfed Poppy. Guess mana builds with a Spirit Visage will be possible, as Strenght of Spirit provides up to 3per5 for each 400 mana, increased by SV.