Talk:Poppy/@comment-24086086-20131023224340/@comment-5955640-20131023225251

You might need some sort of lane sustain so you can survive long enough to actually buy it. Philosopher's stone is seen as core on her because it's a really easy early game item that offers health and mana regen.

Most top laners that get tear can harass at a distance or have inbuilt sustain. Poppy has neither. Once you get manamune you'll probably be able to stay in lane assuming you don't spam and put points into anything other than Q.