Talk:Poppy/@comment-24853658-20151024161923/@comment-10136989-20151026103317

You don't even need spell vamp, just go for clear speed. Like you say, the free armor on W and the damage reduction innately mean you can't really die in the jungle, you just get fairly low before the regen equals the damage taken.

The way I do things, I take my bottom side jungle first, getting some damage from bot lane, and allowing my jungler to start on the smaller camp top side if he wants. Depending on matchups and lane situations i either gank mid or bot from river, or take scuttle and back.

I get AoE smite and go take top side jungle camps for blue and levels. After this I should be left with the 2 potions I started with initially and any I bought after backing, if i'm on purple team I get a mana pot as my blue runs out soon. I then prioritise ganking, side lanes especially. Keeping track of opponent jungle is very important as Poppy can countergank very well, and trying to fight instead of chasing down laners is much better because of how good her early damage is. I used to go for runeglaive for the damage spike, but since the changes to it and the buff to Warriors I feel Warriors is slightly better. Sometimes I skip a jungle item to go for a faster Triforce.

After level 6 get your mid laner to push in and gank mid behind their turret with ult. Also works in bot lane, but the support can be a pain, especially ones like Janna or Soraka. If you haven't got a few kills early you will really start to fall off, and should try to simply give presence to lanes, take buffs and camps only when smite is up, and follow the enemy marksman around the map providing you can still solo them. Not the best jungler out there but a whole lot of fun :D