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Does poppy need a mini-rework aimed at her pro-level issues?

Linna Excel··1 votes·515 views

I was watching the world championships the other day and I noticed the casters were talking about how Poppy is a thing at the pro level mostly because she hides the weaknesses of a top laner really well. All he has to do is build a little tank with her and protect the team and that's that. She's got a lot of utility and it's not a problem if she loses lane (it's expected).

I feel like that's a problem. She was reworked so she could see pro play but that left her in a state where she's kind meh at best for solo queue. I'm looking at champion.gg right now and she's got a crap-ton of bad matchups. She falls off after 30 minutes. Then you've got her role in the pro level which is basically lose lane and be annoying in teamfights.

I wouldn't call her terrible from a numbers perspective, but I feel like she's got some underlying issues right now that the balance team is doing an okay job of hiding.

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Ralanr3 votes

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be annoying in teamfights.

She's a tank, so job well done.

Linna Excel1 votes

Yes she is a tank, but she can do the job a little too good while losing lane. That's my issue. She's got no pressure to do a decent job in the first 10-15 minutes aside from not feeding.

Contrast that with the other 4 roles on a team and some other tops who need to do well early.

Ralanr1 votes

Idk man, tanks are chosen for their utility. I can still be helpful with Sion after losing lane.

Linna Excel1 votes

True, but I didn't hear the casters talk like that of other top laners or tanks recently.

Then there's also the issue of a team getting both poppy and aussie... both of their Ws combined are just a nightmare to get past.

Ralanr1 votes

That's cause Poppy is pretty much the only tank in top besides maybe Gnar and Gnar builds a few expensive items.

R181 votes

If a champ can recover from losing a lane, that's not much of falling off....

Dark Nephthys1 votes

She is a good peeling tank, where she just sits in the front line and helps block her back line from any divers. Yes some match-ups aren't good for her and in some cases she will lose lane but it's like the same thing for when you play Lulu Top/Mid where she does alright in lane and then just sits on her ADC and protects them during team fights.

Plus Poppy is not something to take lightly and does not exactly fall off. All you need is item 3078 and then build tank and you will deal enough damage in the late game to even take on a fed carry in the late game. I don't think she needs anything done to her, though maybe I'm bias because she is my main top laner (next to Shyvana Chogath as well).

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