Talk:Poppy/@comment-74.59.51.239-20101215211059

Attack Damage vs Ability Power

I read several guides/buids about Poppy and I have seen many of them suggesting to stack AP. However, I do not understand why would AP be more interesting than AD.

The damage formulas of these two abilities are: DB = 100%AD + 100 (base magic dmg at rank 5) + 60%AP + 8% of target's total HP HC = 150 (base magic dmg at rank 5) + 40%AP

This means that 100% of AD, but only 60% of AP apply to Devastating Blow. So you get more from AD than AP for this ability.

Also, all your other attacks (normal attacks) use 100% of AD, but 0% of AP. Again, you get more from AD than AP for normal attacks.

Finally, as most guides/builds suggest, I use a Trinity Force particularly for the "On cast: increase AD by 150% for the next attack". Again, you get more from AD than AP with Trinity Force.

Am I missing something or Attack Damage is definitively used in more situations than Ability Power and 100% of AD is used against 0%-60% of AP in all form of attacks except for the Heroic Charge.

May someone explain why would AP be more interesting than AD for Poppy?

Thanks