Talk:Poppy/@comment-178.166.24.118-20130123174145/@comment-178.166.24.118-20130125031911

@37.200.48.10 I don't think so. For starters I'm a decent Poppy player myself and that counts a freakin' lot. And from what I've seen later in the game he's definitely not a bad Vi player either.

88.207.114.244 Her early game is shit. Like really awful. Specially against someone like Poppy. And I'll tell you why. First of all, her damage output is only physical and on bursts which allows for HUGE counterplay. Say Olaf has true damage along with physical, Darius has a DoT magic damage passive and true damage, Irelia has true damage, Teemo has DoTs, Singed has DoTs... These are just some examples of the worst laners that Poppy can face. But Vi? Please. Armor seals, Armor quints, start with cloth armor, stack W. That's close to 80 armor at levels 1 and 2. What is she gonna do? Look pretty while creep aggro damages her more than she can damage you? Also, her early cooldowns on Q and E are high and both push the lane. Not to mention it takes a brain-damaged player to not juke the Q. Now you might say 'Sure, but Vi's W allows her to win prolonged exchanges thanks to the AS steroid and armor debuff'. Yes, absolutely. And I'll tell you right now that aside from the times where I commited to kill her (which I did while surviving) she never proced W a single time on me. Again, let's take a look at the champions I mentioned earlier: Olaf has a slow, Darius has a slow, a pull and a MS buff on passive, Irelia has a slow/stun, Teemo has a speed buff of his own, Singed has a speed buff and a slow. But Vi has no way to stick to her target without specific items, much less against someone mobile in short spaces like Poppy.

I play top lane a lot and I know a lot about its mechanics. By looking at the champions kits I'd probably say Vi vs Poppy would be an even lane. But after playing it myself I can safely say it's one of the best (if not THE best) laners Poppy could ever hope for.