Have we all forgotten about Poppy? xD
So I like to play poppy lots :D, I played her season 4 and managed to keep around a 86% win rate all the way up to 140 ranked games in silver and gold (I started silver 1). So I like to think I know the champ pretty well, and I had thought she was already in awkward position in the game, but I still loved the mechanics behind her. However I haven't really been playing since like November (I think) and I'm still a pretty good poppy (imo) however she feels even more out of place with all the patches that have been introduced into the game since season 4! I remember how much trouble I had chasing a kalista the last game I played lol, even with triforce bork I couldnt catch her before she kills me xD (I do realize I could have built smarter and got a randuins instead of triforce or bork and made life easy on me), I also found the current meta doesn't like poppy, at all, the season 4 meta didn't like poppy, and this season's meta dislikes it even more. I haven't read through all the patch notes yet, but I have read through a few of them, a lot of the changes are not good for poppy imo, but of course I understand not many people play poppy so it probably isn't on top of Riot's to look out for list, but for instance-the gunblade changes make it a much weaker item on poppy then the pre-change gunblade. While not all poppy players build it, I personally favored it over bork for the stronger initial burst, longer range/shorter cd active (this being the most important pro for me), and burstier heals even though I know bortk would give me more raw damage (I feel like damage is not a issue with poppy, cuz spam q with 40% cdr while yelling yolo in all chat if your like me).
I want to know how others feel about this because I'm sure those who have been here for the transition into season 5 well have good input to share! And maybe a red may see this and hopefully we can get a few words from them or at least remind them about poppy. :)