Can we tweak Poppy a bit?

Niyumi·2/13/2017, 12:20:23 AM·1 votes·421 views

So, Poppy is one of my favorite champs after her rework. Her playstyle, her VO, her personality, her lore, all of it. But, Riot started nerfing her because of LC$ -- and all of those nerfs really didn't do anything to change the issues she had (being too tanky and doing too much damage while being that tanky), they just made her clunky and forced her into certain builds. Because of all those nerfs though, Poppy isn't really that effective at jungling anymore, and you're all but forced to build full tank in order to be viable now (I used to build like a Vi would, mostly AD with a bit of tank).

After all that, I can't really play Poppy the way I got 130k mastery with and enjoyed, which was mostly AD in the jungle.

So can we make some tweaks to Poppy?

  • Shift some base damage on Q (the % health damage) into scaling, so that if tank Poppy builds a BC (item she should have anyway) the damage is the same as what it is now. So, she still does enough damage to stay relevant, but she gives up a tank item from her literal full tank build. And AD Poppy might gain a slight buff, but you'd have to go just about full AD to get it.

  • Make the shield from her passive a flat number rather than a % of her health (perhaps have that number scale based on your health, so that you don't have this massive shield when full AD), and give back the duration you took away. Losing those couple seconds on her shield is really the biggest issue with her jungling. She has no sustain, and so where I would be half health before, I'm nearly dead or forced to back.

  • Her W passive honestly just needs a nerf. It's ridiculous how tanky you are with one item. Or just remove the passive while above the health threshold.

  • Take some of the base damage out of her E, and put it into scaling (again, making a Black Cleaver break even), maybe lower the stun a little bit, and give a tiny bit of range back to it. As it is, your E is basically useless since the range requires you to be on top of someone in order to use it, and they need to be LITERALLY standing on a wall or it does nothing.

  • Her ult change wasn't really that big a deal, but I do miss using my ult while ganking to finish someone off.

I donno. I know all you care about is your precious meta and money, so I don't really expect much. I just miss playing one of my favorite champs. Full tank Poppy just isn't fun.

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