Is Poppy a Support?
- No wave clear / control
- Defensive abilities protecting both her and her carry 2.5) Innate tankiness to soak damage and bait enemy cooldowns
- Engage or counter with E and acceptable back-up burst with a full Q
- Can use passive on cooldown on enemies, don't have to worry about proccing it on last-hits
- Isolate opponents with R for easy 2v1s
She felt really underwhelming if not frustrating in top-lane Trying to last-hit and trade efficiently with passive Ult deals no damage Poor wave clear and can just get shoved in Matchups that give her practically no reason to ever cast W And who is ever going to gank you after lvl 6?
+ boots choice). The amount of damage she can put into while moving so fast and then pinning you to a wall is ridiculous and about 75% of her old damage (her Q was pretty damn OP if she ever got near you). You can obtain old level of Poppy damage simply by tapping ult to set up your second Q proc for the extra damage and CDs on basics. But if you are going tank/bruiser I would recommend jungle.
and if they have dash ADCs.
the item for all your tank waveclearing needs
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