Talk:Poppy/@comment-70.79.143.203-20110910055717/@comment-169.231.33.248-20110916215111

I just started playing sub-level 20 Poppy. The first two games were terrible. Her recommended items leave her with no income, little defense, and not enough power to actually assassinate. I ended up with ton of assists, but never was able to finish a kill when there was a ranged hero around.

I ended up doing quite well when I adjusted her build to include some farming potential with a Tiamat. The following is what I ended up going with: Start with E for supporting other heroes in ganks. Max W first (laning presence) and Q second (once you start assassinating), tossing in R when you feel like it.

I started with Avarice Blade, then Tiamats, then some boots, then Sheen, then Phage, then upgraded to Swiftness, then upgraded to Trinity Force, and then started on Infinity Edge or finished Youmuu's Ghostblade. This left me with a slot to toy around with as well. I might sneak in a Cloak&Dagger if I wanted tenacity, but this last game I added a Guardian Angel, just for funzies.

Getting that Tiamat early on worked wonders for me income-wise. I went from being the poorest on my team to one of the richest (on top of helping lead hero kills, keeping my deaths the lowest on my team, and leading in buildings taken down).

I never seemed to be able to get the strategy of killing someone other than your Diplomatic Immunity target to work in the first few games, so I abandoned that entirely, and just ran down the healers or squishies whenever I could.

I am going to try out this in some games with my friends, so I have no idea if it will work against higher-level humans, but I am hoping to keep up the 3:1 or 4:1 kills to deaths ratio I fluctuated between in my last two games.