Talk:Poppy/@comment-5856583-20130626203141/@comment-4167645-20130630210502

Poppy doesn't need the power up perk, she needs it to not instantly take out a quarter of her mana for a simple smack that she is expected to use frequently. If she uses her other spells which are even more exorbitantly priced, then thats fine, you paid more mana for the extra utility. But should she be punished for using her only dependable damage spell?

Additionally, Poppy is about as much an assassin as an Irelia or Tryndamere. If Poppy could leap walls and stealth surprise attack, then she'd be an assassin. But even with her ult on and running full speed, its more of "Oh shes coming, back up guys". Assassins also have at least an average early game phase, but mostly they are bullies in lane, yet Poppy is often touted as having a dreadful laning phase. Most of the time, assassins also dish out tremendous instant burst, not run up and continue beating.

So no, Poppy is not an assassin, but a bruiser. What do bruisers have? Sustainable laning phases. Assassins have high mana costs because they bully their opponent into submission if they have infinite mana, infinite mana Poppy is not going to bully anyone.