The Destruction of Poppy

So, I made this thread to type out this whole big essay on why the Poppy changes shouldn't go through, why the Captain America/Gnar ability on her Q makes no sense when she has a MASSIVE hammer instead, how her identity as a tower diving, one-shotting nuke-deploying warrior is just gone, and how just like every rework you're cutting her numbers, and taking her from a high-damage duellist to a tank (her Q now shields her instead of taking a chunk out of someone's own life, their future children's lives, and the health of all descendants of that specific bloodline forever), and how just like with Fiora, this is not POPPY that is being released here, but some completely different entity, from alternate reality where Kha'Zix is a fluffy kitten and Rengar is a cockroach, where Mordekaiser is part of a boy band and Jinx is a crossing guard. Because really, this isn't Poppy. Poppy is a generally unattractive, brutal mistress with a hammer. She doesn't have the prettiest face, she's hardcore and serious, she's literally a strong independant woman who doesn't need ANYBODY, let alone a man. She is THE champion that you see in champ select and think "Well, fuck me, I'm in for a rough time and I can't even jerk to her after in rage."

Her splash art is adorable. She doesn't do much damage because she's meant to build tank now. Her ultimate, instead of ensuring that she can get to you, pushes you AWAY. The only ability of hers that is still Poppy is her football tackle, but you know what? That isn't satisfying. It's not satisfying tackling someone in to a wall without being able to whollop them for their entire health bar late game. It's not satisfying, because it isn't Poppy.

Now.. Admittedly, I don't play her frequently. I don't like playing her right now because I always feel like I'm about to be really cheesy by picking her. But when I do play her, she's SATISFYING. It's nice being able to wait at low HP, and when the enemy laner tries to dive you, you smash their face in and they explode. It's satisfying to run at the speed of sound with her W, to stack up armor and damage at the same time, to build a statikk shiv and trinity force and instantly kill an ADC because they let you become relevant. I'm sure my opinion is going to be discarded because I don't have my name referring to Poppy, or a trillion games played as her, but I played her and had fun. And this.. This isn't going to be fun. I used to love Fiora, I don't play her anymore. I used to enjoy Mordekaiser, I don't play him anymore. I loved Poppy and I loved her image, but now you're just turning her in to another kawaii desu anime-eyed MMORPG heroine, and it's disgusting. I'm actually repulsed. Please, Riot, reconsider these changes. I know you worked hard, but you're working hard on destroying a fantastic champion.

Please, feel free to post your own thoughts below. Think it over - Don't just look at her ultimate and think "ITS GON B GUD 10/10". Compare this upcoming "Poppy" to the Poppy we all know.