Poppy/Strategy

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Tips

Playing as Poppy

• Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
• Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Playing against Poppy

• Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
• When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
• You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.

Playing with Poppy

Playstyle

Ability Usage

Iron Ambassador [Innate]

Hammer Shock [Q]

Steadfast Presence [W]

Heroic Charge [E]

Keeper's Verdict [R]

Synergies & Counterpicks

Works well with:	Struggles against:
Morgana - the Fallen Morg can tee Poppy's targets up with long-duration Dark Bindings, turning enemy champions into enticing nails for the pint-sized pulverizer to pummel. But we do want to point out that while Poppy does mostly synergize well with folks like Morg and Amumu, Keeper's Verdict is sometimes less a hammer smash and more a double-edged sword slash. In teams that want to keep enemies nearby for hugs and wombos, Poppy can get carried away... erhm... carrying away opposing champions with Heroic Charge and Keeper's Verdict.	Ekko - the Boy Who Shattered Time Knocking a would-be assassin a mile back towards his base is all well and good, but it doesn't do a whole lot against someone who can return right where he was with the click of a button. It doesn't help that the second part of Ekko's Phase Dive is a blink, so he can bypass Steadfast Presence en route to smacking someone with his bat. Add in his percent health damage and ability to maneuver out of her Heroic Charge hotspots, and you have a recipe for a champion Poppy'd rather not see suit up against her.
Kog'Maw - the Mouth of the Abyss Poppy specializes in peel, and works perfectly in team compositions designed to protect an ooze-vomiting, arcane-barraging void puppy. She can keep diving juggernauts and stalking midlaners from closing on her ally, while saving her ultimate peel for a hypercarry-saving mallet slap that flings the erstwhile assassin flying off over the horizon.	Janna - the Storm's Fury Both Janna's Howling Gale and Monsoon can interrupt Keeper's Verdict, and generally speaking the Storm's Fury is more than capable of keeping Poppy away from targets she'd prefer thumping with a giant hammer. Because Poppy lacks a real gap-closer, Janna's extra movement speed from Tailwind doesn't do the yordle warrior any favors either.
Jarvan IV - the Exemplar of Demacia Not only is J4 one of the best examples of the kind of guy Poppy figures should wield the hammer, they also have great synergy in teamfights and top lane ganks. The terrain created by Cataclysm is fantastic for charging heroically into, but J4's knockup E - Q combo can also help Poppy land both hits of a Hammer Shock.	Irelia - the Blade Dancer Irelia hits Poppy where it really hurts: right through Steadfast Presence's bonus resistances in the form of true damage. While Irelia can't Bladesurge through Poppy's W active, she can stand toe-to-toe with the Keeper of the Hammer and trade basic attacks. Having extra armor and MR below 40% health is normally enough to keep Poppy in the thick of a slapfest, but true damage ignores those fancy numbers, leaving Poppy in a dangerous spot.