Talk:Poppy/@comment-4107655-20110630175929/@comment-3358335-20110630180456

I replied to a similar question a couple of pages back

She CAN. . . but it isn't a good idea, and she can't do it for any length of time.

Her tank style is mostly knocking people away from her squishey's, initiating, and absorbing heavy bursts and Popping her shield.

However, any DOT is going to wreck her, and she does a hell of a lot of burst damage if you build towards offense rather than defense, so it is kind of a waste. I actually played against a Tank Poppy the other day, and while she was good at knocking people away and absorbing a lot of damage, she wasn't very good at grabbing our attention. It was the lowest burst I have seen on a Poppy, and even our squishey's could afford to ignore her long enough for her to be dealt with.