Ah yes, another Poppy skin that says "non-combatant" rather than "tank"
Thank you, yet again, Riot, for making a Poppy skin for the support/mage mains that only wanted that skin just because it would look "cute".
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And before you get tilted, realize that I'm not calling the skin theme itself isn't bad, it just doesn't suit Poppy.
First of all, skins deliver a highly different fantasy to the character. Let's take a look at some: Pool Party Leona/Taric - Does this scream tank? No. Are these skins insanely fun to use and deliver a great summer theme? Yes. Reaper Soraka - Does this skin tell me she's a healer? No. It's still an inventive skin to give Soraka something that isn't celestial or straight divine. Academy/Pop Star/Arcade Ahri - How do these convey mage assassin? Master Chef Kench - Does this convey tank support? French Maid Nidalee - How does this skin tell me she's a transforming jungler?
So I could go on through the whole roster. My point is that skins are not mean to scream "HEY I'M A TANK!" or "HEY I'M A MAGE," because the entire point of skins is to deliver fun and sometimes silly interpretations of the characters. Your logic about Poppy's frankly adorable Star Guardian skin falls flat on its face because it would mean you have to have problems with nearly every skin created because of their very nature.
Out of all the Star Guardians shown, she's the only one with armor on and her Star Guardian lore says she's the fierce soldier of the team, all this does says she is a combatant.
I'm a Poppy/Tank main and I wouldn't like seeing Poppy in Big Ugly Clunky Grey Armor of Blandness, if Riot was to make skins based on champ roles only, you'll have a very boring game.
Yes, She's a Tomboy but she's still a Girl.
P.S. She's like Taric, they've indestructible bodies, like seriously she was smashed by a Giant Monster in the comic(She could be wearing a Tutu and still not get crushed), do you think she really needs to wear a lot of armor(like Garen/Dyrus who are normal human-beings who needs a lot of armor to survive battles) when she has a superhuman body with super-strength to back it up(Don't forget the fact Yordles are somewhat fairies, so magic also plays a part in it too, which maybe the reason why she qualified to get a Magical Girl Based skin)?
P.P.S. Alistar only has two skins with him in armor and he's primary a tank.
{quoted} I checked the splash art again just to be sure, no legit armor. Also, if they wanted her to be the fierce soldier of the team and not just another kawaii, super-powered, anime girl, they probably should've focused more on "fierce" and less on "non-threatening".
Really that's practically Medium Armor and you keep forgetting Poppy is also Timid, Apologetic, Humble, Compassionate and has low self-esteem who will put people like Garen on a higher pedestal before herself, so she's more of a peacemaker which means she'll try to use words first than force second(If her cute factor also didn't work).
Don't forget she's also known to Fangirl.
She's not Illaoi.
Ah, so because she's female, that means she must absolutely adhere to the pathetic stereotype that has glued to all women everywhere? No, she's stubborn-to-a-fault, humble-yet-determined yordle warrior who will find the hero of Demacia or die trying, that's nothing like the aforementioned stereotype that you seem to like.
No, what I'm saying is Tomboys are still girls(No matter how much she acts like a boy), so she'll will do girly stuff sometimes basically she's the Tomboy with a Girly Streak trope.
But, I like Tomboys...just not girls who forget that they're girls, stereotypes plays no role on that, also isn't that a stereotype you just mentioned? She's not Wonder Woman, you know..with that in mind even Wonder Woman knows that too much armor is redundant when you're SuperHuman and Magical.
It never once said in the lore that yordles are fairies. It did say they evolved from fae creatures, but take one look at Pix (not the Star Guardian one, obviously) and it's clear that Runeterra's faeries and classic storybook fairies are very different. And with that logic, Ziggs and Heimerdinger should look all magical and glittery too, because they're evidently "fairies".
Yeah I meant to say Yordles are Fae-folk.
I understand...You're going to fight on until you get that precious Pots and Pans skin that you love so much on Poppy, like how people fought to get Poppy in the most girliest skin line ever.
I think Imperial will look better than Steel legion, IMO.
P.S. Don't forget Poppy is kinda a fast tank so it kinda make sense for her to not wear over heavy armor.
As a poppy main, i agree, sure she's cute,but she's also badass, give us more scarlet hammer type skins. not a fan of the new skin :P
I'm a tank main and I want that skin. Because of this fanart.
Honestly, Poppy itself disappoints me because of the new lore. Best I can do is shrug off the bad sides of her and try to make her work.
