Poppy hype? nah poppy shyte.

Poppy passive+ Poppy Q + poppy R made the champion unique. Those are changed, she's a melee champ with a cool ulti... that's the shock factor like Nicky minaj anaconda song, but after the shock you realize it's not that great. Poppy is NOT a melee assassin anymore, she's hardly even a bruiser her whole kite revolves around you smashing people into a wall, peeling or shoving a high priority target out of the fight, as great as that is the whole playstyle that made poppy cool and unique is out the door, now she's just another Sion. Why would you pick a poppy in 1 year from now(after the hype) than a Darius? is the potential to make cool plays and fly people across the map cool? Yes but that's apart of the hype, after awhile you de-hype and it's not so incredibly cool anymore(This is what hype means, everything is cool and exciting then it eventually dies down and what do you get?) I don't think poppy late game will be doing anything crazy like killing squishies like pre-nerf poppy.

All poppy needs is some quality of life, I know I'm not a dev but I don't have to be a dev to tell you this. When you look at her W E Q combo... she's nearly manaless after, she's 1 of the only melee champs in the game with this minor mana pool with insanely high costs, you look at champs that are similar to Poppy - Fighter(Type in the champion search tab) and with mana pools. Darius,Diana,Fiora,GP,Gragas,Hecarim,Irelia,Jax,Jayce,Kayle, Pantheon and the list goes on but this is a good amount to reflect on... None of them go nearly oom from 3 spells. I understand when a player plays this simplified 1 dimentional fighter like Poppy and everything goes right Poppy appears OP. However what set poppy back is that if the enemy top laner knew you're Poppy you could be countered pretty easily(A diamond player fighting a bronze with a smurf who first picks poppy then Countered is a lot different) Why don't they just lower the mana costs, so Poppy has a chance to harass(and remember Poppy has no escapes, this offers a lot of baiting and counter play to the poppy player) she has many many negatives and can be shut down even if you buffed her mana costs, or mana regen.

She doesn't need a rework, you guys have reworked Karma, Sion, Yi and I think a couple others... Karma is meh at middle and meh as support I am not saying she's not viable or it's impossible to win games with her, you can play 100 games with AD soraka, and come onto the forums nad say "I won with AD soraka she's viable" no you can't. It's not a practical pick. You've changed so many champs that could be shining right now and made them unintentionally trashy. Old karma would be wrecking these bruisers in S3 and S4. People can argue that the playstyle is simplified, for champs like Karma, Old AP sion, and Poppy which they're... but so is Darius, so is pantheon, so is Eve so many champs in this game are so simple, especially bruisers,tanks and fighters. You don't rework the whole game just so everything is a skill shot right(The illusion of skill) Decision making skills ,counter play, and baiting is if anything more important than the simplicity of your champ.

I'm pretty sure "Reworks" will eventually be a topic down the road, I hope Riot starts reworking everything when it becomes more popular people will put thought into it more and become critical with their thoughts on the topic. If anyone remembers old AP sion, or old karma there was a lot of opportunity to counter play they just needed certain tweaks to make them options and viable. Infact I gotta eat my words right now because in S3 after Karma nerf.. I mean "Rework" you began to see Udyr's, shyvana's and more bruiser/counter junglers because of some EU players using shyvana in worlds. Karma would've been NASTY in S3 and S4 meta. Right now these AP tanky mages are a big deal( I spoke about this at the beginning of these changes how AP mages are stronger than in previous seasons) AP Sion would work so well right now! sigh... I don't know why you guys cream cheese these simple yet unique playstyles on these champs.

RIP Poppy, you will not longer be the X factor in team fights that causes panic in the back line when no one could peel for their carries. Instead.. you'll be someone who pushes an enemy or enemies out of team fights and looks funny and fun for maybe 1 month until people see it 10x then get tired and "meh" about it after the hype... I know people will be upset thinking how am I supposed to know how Poppy will be played... I watched the video.. the W is not a big deal it's all hype. the R is not a big deal it's all hype. Is it interesting? definitely.. but as a fighter all they did was give her CC at the cost of carrying. She'll be used as a peeler or a tank to soak damage cuz she's not a solid bruiser. Riot's thoughts behind this is well we'll give her huge CC at the cost of carrying potential, old poppy playstyle is destroyed there won't be any remnants of it at all.

TL:DR After the hype after the cool thor hammer poppy changes, people will realize very quickly this is not like the old Poppy, her whole skill set isn't even really a bruiser or an assassin, Riot thinks that if we give Poppy a bunch of skill shots it'll make her high skill cap, cuz duh Darius playstyles are overrated all of a sudden right? AT the cost of giving her heavy CC like this for balance purposes, they destroy her carry potential and old playstyle. Her Q dmg is weak, even her E smashing into wall looks weak, and it should be... because she has a unique and crazy ulti they don't want her to be a jack of all trades, its a situational pick like old poppy. Rather than allowing Poppy's old unique playstyle, they destroyed that playstyle inplace of something new, but both are extremely situational. RIP Sion, Karma, Poppy. Your unique playstyles from before had their own simple but unique feel and playstyle.. now they give you skillshots and call it a skill intensive champ. It's all bullshit skillshots are the illusion of skill, decisions, counter play, and baiting will always be core of skill. No matter how simply your champ skillset is(Most bruisers aka fighters, tanks, and assassins have EXTREMELY simple skillsets, NO reason to rework them)