Talk:Poppy/@comment-27010991-20130610175327/@comment-5763148-20130618071401

Ppl just dunno and/or aren't that creative enough to play Poppy. Playin her as a Jungler or as a Counterpick at Top is often the best way to go. Her lane phase is beyond shitt even I'll admit that, but thanks to her innate, only minion attacks, ignite and DoT are her main weaknesses.

You can seal the latter 2 if you take Cleanse and Barrier for a stable Early Game at Top. Barrier makes full use of Poppy's innate cos 1. Her innate doesn't take into calculations Shield points and other damage mitigating factors during the damage reduction. Therefore, if Poppy is at 100 HP and she pops the shield on, she'd take reduced damage according to the remaining 100 HP. Barrier is used to full effect. Cleanse, while it won't remove the regen cut, still removes the damage portion and Poppy's Innate doesn't mitigate True Damage. Thus, acting as a great Ignite counter.

From here on out, only minion hits will be annoying to her. Give her 1 or 2 gears and she'll just be dominating everyone from Mid Game and onwards.