Poppy was a little overnerfed

Rammed Earth·May 6, 2016·5 votes·267 views

I think that the last set of nerfs to Poppy went a little too far. Her win rate is now solidly under 50%. She doesn't have the tools to dominate top, but doesn't scale into late game like the other tops who struggle in lane. She has solid utility in teamfights, but she's clearly not winning games just based on that.

Personally, I think that her passive and autoattacks in general could use the most attention; as others have mentioned it can be very clunky to try to weave in the passive with the normal speed of her autoattack animation.

9 Comments

MrLlamaWaffleMay 6, 20161 votes

She's still a top pick at MSI. She's fine. Still a great pick.

MunchCrunchLunchMay 6, 20161 votes

no shes not. the only reason people pick her in msi well because. there are only 3-4 viable top laners in pro play because everyone else is also over nerfed. its just poppy maokai and ekko. maokai usually banned so people pick poppy. she has been over nerfed. ekko gets a slight nerf poppy gets a gut gutting gut.

MrLlamaWaffleMay 6, 20162 votes

Maokai isn't being banned lol Even if he was, how is being in the top 4 of any role considered preforming poorly? lol

MunchCrunchLunchMay 6, 20161 votes

how is he performing poorly. hes the best team fighting top laner in the game probably. the item changes help him too. they buffed his MR.

MrLlamaWaffleMay 6, 20161 votes

I'm talking about poppy :P You say she's overnerfed but at the same time say shes in the top 3-4. How can she be both?

masterdragon481May 6, 20161 votes

I'm guessing you missed the poppy solo the full health and full build caitlyn despite being and 3/4 health to start their duel. Poppy definitely doesn't need buffs. Id be much more likely to bet that its your ability with the champion.

MunchCrunchLunchMay 6, 20161 votes

FULL HEALTH CAITLYN. nooo. she was HALF health. no she was 35%. stfu.

QuephaMay 6, 20161 votes

Poppy's still strong.

For some champions, "balanced" is actually below 50% winrate to some degree because their power isn't properly expressed by the masses.

Poppy requires a lot of timing, positioning, and map knowledge to get her stuns off, as well as creative uses of minion-charging to close larger gaps kinda like a weird yasuo and her W is a strong counter to many mobile champions but requires very impressive reflexes to pull off, but her ult is her biggest source of power that doesn't necessarily translate into winrate. Players can easily screw up her ultimate by charging too long to lose their chance to cast, missing entirely, or outright saving an enemy and she really can't be balanced around those kinds of mistakes when the other end of the spectrum for that ability is so ridiculously powerful.