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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Poppy

Keeper of the Hammer

TankFighter

League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA88,122 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Top)

BTier
47.7%
Win Rate
17.2%
Pick Rate
2.5%
Ban Rate

88,122

Games

Very High

Confidence

Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
Nobody in this lane sits here.
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

40,536 games

48.1%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

29,080 games

46.8%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

10,575 games

50.2%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Resolve

  • Aftershock
  • Font of Life
  • Conditioning
  • Overgrowth

Secondary: Inspiration

  • Cash Back
  • Biscuit Delivery

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

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Ability details

  • Iron Ambassador

    Poppy throws her buckler that bounces off the target. Poppy can pick it up to gain a temporary shield.

    Passive — never cast

  • Hammer Shock

    Poppy swings her hammer, dealing damage and creating a zone that will slow enemies and explode after a delay.

    Cost 35/40/45/50/55 ManaCooldown 8/7/6/5/4sRange 430

  • Steadfast Presence

    Poppy passively gains Armor and Magic Resist. This bonus increases when she is low on Health. Poppy can activate Steadfast Presence to gain Move Speed and stop enemy dashes around her. If a dash is stopped, the enemy is slowed and grounded.

    Cost 50 ManaCooldown 20/18/16/14/12sRange 400

  • Heroic Charge

    Poppy dashes to the target and pushes it back. If the target is pushed into a wall, it is stunned.

    Cost 70 ManaCooldown 14/13/12/11/10sRange 475

  • Keeper's Verdict

    Poppy channels a hammer strike that knocks enemies very far away.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 140/120/100sRange 500

Scaling — level 1–18

PoppyTop average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Poppy

  • Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks

  • Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives

  • Punish the cooldown — Poppy is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 6/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

ARAM performance

A
51.0%
Win Rate
▲ 0.5%
7.4%
Pick Rate
▲ 1.7%
1.0%
Ban Rate
▲ 3.0%
Damage dealt
92.8%
Damage taken
101.2%
Healing
106.3%
Shielding
102.3%
Ability Haste
+4

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now+0.6
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.2
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.1
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.4

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.