Talk:Poppy/@comment-4832742-20130717085545/@comment-3358335-20130723183910

I don't know how you play your Poppy, but I don't pop my ult until I'm already on top of them. I hit a flank, or shoot a gap, lock in on my target, do my initial burst, THEN hit my ult just as the other team is reacting. Poppy generally has problems with being kited if they pick her up too early, ult or not. And you don't want to burn up those 8 seconds too early in the fight. So you really need to be patient and wait for the full engage before going in. The kiting is a moot point then, because she's in their grill, hitting hard, and moving faster.

It isn't unless you are completely and ridiculously fed that you can go in with the ult blazing and destroying whole teams solo. That is what gives Poppy a bad rap. At low elo's she can get that fed fairly easily and solo teams that don't know how to deal with a fed Poppy (Which is hard at all levels, if she's fed.) At higher Elo's they know to shut her down early and kite her or disengage completely once her ult is up. And frankly, there are a lot of characters that can do the same thing if they are that fed.