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Poppy

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.8%#59 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.2%picked in 490 of 7,904 games
Ban: 6.6%241 bans over 3,675 games, against 3.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top47.1% between 41.3% and 53.1% over 191 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 7,832 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 268,631 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Sunfire Aegis, Jak'Sho, The Protean, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 96% of top laners.FrontlineLets allies carryCCPoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.2%
SoloQ
0.4%
1.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.9%
SoloQ
3.8%
5.9% ban rate in amateur play over 1,807 games, against 3.8% in soloQ over 189,162 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Sunfire Aegis, Jak'Sho, The Protean, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying98% · 3,513

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport66% · 2,368

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 186 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 31

6%of soloQ games

Sunfire Aegis
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Protoplasm Harness

Amateur: Sundered Sky, Randuin's Omen, Kaenic Rookern (6%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 96% of top laners.

Absorbs damagetop4%1,618 · top laners: 970
Crowd control (CC)top10%1.4 · top laners: 0.8
Lets allies carry killstop15%rank 85 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Lets allies carry
CC
Poke

Like other top laners

Damage in late game
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 99 in lane, 94 in mid game and 46 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

704+104 vs 599

988+120 vs 868

1,076-3 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Poppytop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 77% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 99 of 100 among top laners704 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 94 of 100 among top laners988 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 46 of 100 among top laners1,076 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 24 of 100 among top laners-264 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 23 of 100 among top laners-402 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 96 of 100 among top laners1,618 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 63 of 100 among top laners54% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 27 of 100 among top laners25% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 85 of 100 among top lanersrank 85 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 90 of 100 among top laners1.4 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 56 of 100 among top laners21% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.