Welp, just saw Poppy's new Q. Poppy is dead.

JedenVojak·11/24/2015, 9:49:30 PM·7 votes·1,945 views

Looking at the stats from her Q on S@20, it has lost its AP scaling, raw AD scaling, does physical damage and I would guess can no longer crit. Also the damage seems to be ground-targeted and only does half of the damage on the initial hit, meaning half of the damage of the move can be easily negated.

I understood why they got rid of her crazy ult, and I could get why they would get rid of her old passive (though I didn't think it was OP on a melee carry), but her Q was her single most important spell... Q's for massive damage are what make the champion.

I'm not crusading for a change or anything - once reworky changes are made to a champion and put on the PBE, they go live, so anything I say here is mainly pointless. I'm just sad.

71 Comments

Meep Man11/24/2015, 11:21:43 PM5 votes

It ends up dealing 340 (+140% bonus AD) plus 12% max health as physical damage in an area of effect on a 5 second cool down with a 40% slow and you call it bad? No, its just, unlike a lot of spells, it isnt a guaranteed hit. Its really rewarding when it does though especially if you combo with E. It deals a lot of damage.

Dominick Destine11/24/2015, 9:52:19 PM5 votes

She gained a massive amount of utility and active shields.

She seems to be a far better character... less gimmicky and more powerful overall. Get over it.

JustMyBassCannon11/27/2015, 8:20:44 AM3 votes

They decided to make her an actual bruiser, instead of this weird hybrid of bruiser and assassin that was abso-fucking-lutely broken when it was viable.

She lost the one-rotation burst in favor of more DPS and CC.

Azuredragon65311/24/2015, 10:00:21 PM2 votes

{quoted}

and I would guess can no longer crit

Poppy's Q never could crit.

MasterSomething11/24/2015, 9:52:10 PM2 votes

Just because one ability is weak, it does not mean a champion is dead. Really? She has her other moves, and is mainly shown to be a tank.

BeatzBoyFTW11/25/2015, 3:26:28 AM2 votes

I'm sorry you missed a Point & Click move where it's 10x worse than Lee Sin's Q %HP damage.

Stephenizgod11/25/2015, 12:46:30 AM1 votes

The ability is not weak, its geared towards her new playstyle of "Smash them into a wall". I think its a great change and looks like a fun ability.