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On ARAM Poppy is okay unless you get the perfect comp, then she is broken. 

Communism works as a Government, but does NOT work if you attempt to influence economics with it. That's a HUGE reason why Russia had a major economic crash. China, (even though we know they do a lot wrong human rights wise and such) has shown that Communism works when you only loosely affect the market. I don't think anyone really knows what goes on in Cuba.

POPPY SMASH!

Wouldn't work that way. Same fundamental reason Communism doesn't work. Humans inherently greedy. ....and I just read my statement like Mordin from Mass Effect.

On ARAM you build ap poppy, not standard poppy.

You can finish your Philos into Shurelia's(not my cup of tea but Zekent does it all the time" You can build a Zephyr, you can build Twin Shadows/Lichbane if you are AP, you can build Youmuu's(I wouldn't unless I was strictly going AD Carry Poppy, which takes WAY too long to build for)  IMO CDR is more crucial than Mobility since I run MS quints and Ghost on her, both of which add to W.

Actually I'm 21 thank you, but thanks for resorting to ad hominem. 
IG is not situational. The stats it gives her are better than the stats TF gives her. TF gives her Sheen Active/Mana, MS/Crit(which you bashed Shiv about) and some AD/HP and a chance to slow. IG gives her Armor,Mana,Cdr, and Sheen active, and an assured slow. Also, you almost would build a PD on her for MS/AS, but Shiv factors in the passive, which does get amped by her ult. Furthermore, the best way to start with her is Cloth 5 into early Philos against most opponents. Finally, don't hold a "I'm diamond" I don't play ranked(personal choice), but I watch streams, watch tournies, and read up on theory. How about YOU learn Poppy like I have, and then learn to discuss.

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Just remember that Shiv builds out of GP/5. Plus, I run MS quints on her so the ms loss from building IG over Trinity is negligible, and you don't want to build LW on her unless you are going strictly AD Poppy. She's better off dealing mixed damage(which she can do really well)
Just remember that you can ready the Shiv passive, Ult someone, BoRK active them, e>q and the shiv/sheen proc will hit on the auto after Q and the damage of both will be amped by her ult.

1. Shiv build out of GP/5 - If you will build Avarice Blade early any decent top will crush you even more. You will simply lower your chances to surive laning phase and Poppy is already terrible laner. If you will build it later it won't give you that much gold, so don't count on that.

2. I run MS quints on her - Everyone does. I still think that you will be to slow. The problem is that IG is fine by itself, but you need to take Statik Shiv to be as mobile as you need and that's a waste of gold.

3. Just remember that you can ready the Shiv passive - I already told you, passive is good during early game. When you will get Statik finally 50 damage more from passive won't make any difference. Stats and gold wasted by purchasing this item will.

4. [..] you don't want to build LW on her [...] - I choose LW to show you that the amount of gold you are wasting to get basic stats you need on Poppy is equal to almost another item. It was about gold management, not about certain item.

Your turn.

1. You almost ALWAYS start cloth 5 on her, and a decent top can't "crush" a good poppy because of how damn high her early armor is. Sure, they can push her to tower, but there are several tops that get pushed early game.
2. If you don't take Shiv on her you would probably instead take PD, which still give MS.
3. She doesn't really 'waste' the stats, and it is almost always better to go Sheen, Shiv, IG, BoRK.(Not to mention Shiv gives her wave clear)
4. Finally IG is better than TF for her by leagues. It gives armor, cdr, mana, and sheen active, as well as slowing someone who would run from her. It really is an item I would consider core on her. 

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So looking at it, Cutlass and Sheen into IG and BotRK would be a really good combo. Ult amps up her outgoing damage thus BotRK's active would become stronger, while repeated uses of Q would proc a melee IG and both apply a slow field and Sheen. Assuming you can get to a target, IG should be enough to hold down the target, so I don't see the need for Ghost over Flash. Poppy already gains a native boost of speed from W's active, I guess you can make up for the rest with MS Quints?

My only problem with SS is the fact that while the passive crits, it doesn't scale into late game and poppy is /the/ lategame scaler. I'd much rather (SOMEHOW) obtain an IE over a SS on her. I mean, you have the AS and on-hit from BotRK, you have the AA-cancel with Q, wouldn't an AD poppy need a huge AD/Crit item to contribute more than what's currently being dealt? A Zeal upgrade, however good, would give you Crit and AS, which isn't /as/ helpful as a major AD/Crit item like IE would be. However, the major problem is building a 3800-gold, 3-item-cost end-tier item. That's a feat by itself.

That's the issue I've had with building I.E. it isn't very build efficient, and it's hard trying to find a good time to buy it, and whether you should sit on a pickaxe before going all into it or not. that being said I would build it over Banshee's in a standard build, but then again, Poppy doesn't need TOO many tanky items to be effective due to her W and Passive.

Just remember that Shiv builds out of GP/5. Plus, I run MS quints on her so the ms loss from building IG over Trinity is negligible, and you don't want to build LW on her unless you are going strictly AD Poppy. She's better off dealing mixed damage(which she can do really well)
Just remember that you can ready the Shiv passive, Ult someone, BoRK active them, e>q and the shiv/sheen proc will hit on the auto after Q and the damage of both will be amped by her ult.

Actually I was derping through a bunch of different guides for poppy and came across this one. http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/poppy-ad-solo-top-the-path-to-pownage-updated-331304

Now, I don't think the guy/gal had everything right, but was on the right track. I did some small changes, such as building Iceborn over Trinity as well as switching out the Randuins/BV for other tanky items depending on lane opponents/team opponents. With IG/Shiv and BoRK on her she bursts REALLY hard earlier in the game than people are used to, and it doesn't break her bank like her old builds do. Not to mention with BoRK+IG there isn't a single carry in the game that will be able to peel you off.

On another note, as someone who plays quite a bit of poppy, 9/10 times you want ghost over flash. If you are building AP Nuke poppy then flash is better because it lets you insta position for E, but if you are building anti-carry lategame poppy ghost lets you pop it and Paragon of Demacia, E onto the carry and pop them like a zit, then loop around back into the lane to do it again, unless someone is dumb enough to try and chase you.