Talk:Poppy/@comment-5209745-20140227225114/@comment-5209745-20140228154403

First tries:

*Earlygame-wise: Even if like me, you play her in TT and you start with the Tear directly, and even when with a E+Q combo (Well, and some more AAs) you can take down a squishy, you're still Poppy. You're still going to have mana-management problems and total ineptitude when the time to clear a wave comes. Get a Vamp scepter and Sheen ASAP and do your best so you turret lasts as longer as possible. Still, your best bet will be probably roam and gank.


 * Midgame comes: Already have Sorc's+Furor, TF, BotRK and Mura. Surprisingly, this core is actually cheaper than my previous AP one (Ionian's+NT+LB+Deathcap), although it feels slower to get due the time it takes to turn Manamune into Muramana. One way or another, squishies still fall in a Q+E combo like if this were an AP build, while still having some better sustained DPS, not to mention mana issues being solved. It's just amazing.


 * It's lategame!: Squishies still fall in just a Q+E combo, not much has changed since midgame. Definitely, TF+Mura+BotRK is your best choice when going AD/hybrid Poppy, but I have some second thoughts about the pen/shred items I chosed for this build. The basic pens coming from Sorc's and Brutalizer do perfectly their job, and the low tankyness coming from TF+TBC+Wit's is no problem thanks to Poppy's innate and ult. Problem comes when you try to burst down a squishy: The BotRK active applies Muramana's toggle, and E can apply it twice if you slam somebody against a wall, so you can shred your target's armor by a 5~15%... However, a squishy will have anywhere between 60 and 80 armor, so that percentual shred is not going to be much before dealing major physical damage with Trinity proc+BotRK passive+Mura toggle. And since your Q is going to be applied directly after E, your combo will not be benefitted at all by Wit's end MR shred. Both shreds work well when trying to take down a secondary target, but not against your primary one.

I like to get up to 1'74 AS with Wit's, but probably I will change it with an Abyssal scepter in order to make the shred noticeable during my burst. Thoughts?