User blog comment:Alonlah/Poppys viability in the current meta and her status in the PBE./@comment-5761259-20130817030219

My main problem. Her e is shit. It's like a vayne condmn, but it is also her repositioning tool, leaving her with no way to land the stun against a half decent team. She has a really bad early game, which is strange, since other melee ADC's usually have a stronger early than a ranged ADC. If you build her as a bruiser, she is decent, but again, performs this without the same results as say, late game Jax. She isn't that great of an AP assasin, though it can work. I've only seen one full tank poppy, and well, she just doesn't have the cc that even top Alistar provides, her ulti makes teams immediately stop focusing her, unlike Ali, so she doesn't soak up damage well, and her kit is focused on dealing damage, not tanking.

Poppy can get insanely strong at the end game point, or if she snowballs well. However, if you want a strong snowballer, pick Rumble. If you want a strong melee ADC, pick Yi.