Why is Poppy now Tristana with a hammer?

Cyrad·11/25/2015, 2:51:19 AM·4 votes·1,406 views

Poppy's awesome because she's a no-nonsense yordle. Now, she's Tristana with a hammer. Her badass background was replaced with a trite "I'm a hero who doesn't know she's a hero despite not doing anything actually heroic!" Can we get a design insight on this?

Don't get me wrong. The new kit is amazing, and I love her new look. But this update is like turning Taric into a brooding, emo git instead of the fabulous man he is now.

5 Comments

Swizzle11/25/2015, 2:55:48 AM2 votes

This post is all over the place

Brascus11/25/2015, 7:56:38 AM2 votes

Why is this getting down voted?? It's completely legit, the rework is fantastic but it's not poppy.

GreenLore11/25/2015, 5:36:49 PM1 votes

Honestly I don't see how her old lore was that badass. her father was killed,but she still finished the job,then she was made an ambassador,the end.

While its not bad,its not something that would strike me as badass:/

Ralanr11/25/2015, 7:14:51 PM1 votes

"Is that a rocket in your pocket?" -Tristana.

"Wow, Garen! Can you sign my hammer!" -New Poppy.

Tristana is very talkative, likes to joke around, and rather hot blooded. Poppy is more awkward (as you can tell from her jokes, she doesn't speak them often enough to remember them) and humble.

Both Tristana and Poppy are female Yordles that are champions in league. They also have white hair (I don't know if female Yordles naturally have white hair since Lulu's hair color could be a side effect of the fey world). That's where similarities end.

I've had enough friends and enough games involving Tristana to see how they differ.