User blog comment:Alonlah/Poppys viability in the current meta and her status in the PBE./@comment-3466579-20130817102157/@comment-4022742-20130820091316

Try building her with an early if you are doing well, and an early  if you are getting harassed. The Gp5 of either is pretty darn good on scaling to late without needing to farm every single minion.

They also build into items you can use, it never hurts to have a fully stacked in the pocket. Nor are, or  bad items on her.

Don't upgrade them unless you absolutely have to though, since they are the stepping stones to reaching your full build that much sooner. The only exception being Eleisa's Miracle, upgrade it to that item around level 12-14 for the ability to stack the passive pre-18.