Poppy — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Poppy in League of Legends: Classic, who Poppy beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run top, jungle. Patch 26.17.

Poppy is weak against

Teemo top
Ranged poke that your passive barely reduces, and blind kills your Trinity autos.
Jax top
Counter Strike blocks the auto your Q proc rides on.

Garen top
Your passive flat damage reduction blunts his spin and Trinity out-trades him.
Sion top
Passive reduction plus Trinity procs beat his stacking trades outright.
Nasus top
You deny stacks early and your ult ignores his whole team late.

Start:

Doran's Blade

Core:

SheenTrinity ForceFrozen Mallet

Trinity Force procs on your Q. Frozen Mallet keeps targets in ult range.

9× Mark of Lethality9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist3× Quintessence of Attack Damage

Armor penetration outperforms flat AD once the enemy top buys Cloth Armor, which is nearly always. Armor seals win the melee lane trade.

21/9/0 Offense. Sunder plus armor penetration marks is what lets a bruiser hurt a tank before Last Whisper.