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Poppy
Patch 16.2.1
SupportDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Control the space around objectives. Use to keep divers off your carries and to split the enemy team apart during fights, turning every encounter into a local numbers advantage for your team.
Playstyle
A disruption-heavy tank who turns enemy mobility into a liability. You excel at peeling for carries and creating number advantages by literally removing enemies from the fight.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + is the hardest counter in the game to dash-reliant champions like Yasuo, Lee Sin, or Lucian
- +Extremely high base damage on allows for early kill pressure even with tank items
- + can turn a 5v5 into a 5v2 by knocking key threats across the map
- +Passive resists from make you deceptively tanky when at low health
Weaknesses
- -Highly dependent on terrain—without a wall, is just a short-range displacement
- -Long cooldowns on and leave you vulnerable if you waste them
- - is a channel that can be interrupted, making it risky to use in the middle of a brawl
- -Easily kited by long-range mages and ADCs if you cannot find a flank angle for
Abilities
Throws a buckler that deals extra damage and bounces off. If you pick it up, you get a shield. If the buckler kills the target, it comes back to you immediately. Use this to secure 'free' trades by proccing the shield before you in.
Slam the ground for a two-part explosion. It deals % max health damage and slows. The first hit is instant; the second is delayed. Always try to stun someone with first to guarantee both hits of .
Passively grants Armor and MR (doubled when below 40% HP). Active gives move speed and creates a zone that blocks all enemy dashes. If you block a dash, the enemy is grounded. Hold this for the enemy's escape or engage tool, don't just use it for the speed.
A dash that pushes an enemy. If they hit a wall, they are stunned. This is your most important skill. Always look at the enemy's position relative to walls, even thin ones like player-made terrain (Anivia wall, Yorick cage).
Tap it to knock up enemies in front of you (great for chain CC). Hold it to channel a massive hit that sends enemies flying back toward their own base. Use the channel version to remove the enemy jungler during a Smite fight.
Teamfight Role
Primary Peeler and Disrupter
Stay near your high-damage carries. Use reactively to stop anyone jumping on them. If an enemy frontline gets too close, use to pin them to a wall or tap to keep them CC'd while your team kills them.
If you have a clear Flash + angle on the enemy carry into a wall, take the engage. You have enough base damage to nearly solo-kill an ADC mid-game.
Combos
The Basic Wall-Slam
(into wall) → → Auto-attack → auto
The standard trade. The wall stun ensures both parts of land. Use your passive auto at the end to walk away with a shield.
The Anti-Dash Lock
→ → → Tap
Used against mobile targets. prevents them from dashing away from your . Tapping keeps them in the zone longer.
The Flash Surprise
Flash → (into wall) → →
Your primary engage. Use Flash to find an angle the enemy thinks is safe. Immediately pop after the stun to stop them from Flashing or dashing away.
The Objective Secure
Channel (on enemy Jungler) → (on Objective) →
When Baron/Dragon is at 1500 HP, blast the enemy jungler away with . This ensures your team can finish the objective without a Smite battle.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | You have the and combo. If an enemy stands near a wall, they lose 40% of their HP instantly. |
| Level 3 | You unlock . You are now a nightmare for any champion with a dash, making you nearly ungankable. |
| Level 6 | gives you massive utility. You can use it to peel, disengage, or turn a 1v2 gank into a 1v1. |
| Level 9 | is maxed. Your damage against high-health targets is surprisingly high for a tank. |
Tips & Tricks
- •If you kill a minion with , the shield returns to you instantly—use this to prepare for a dive.
- •You can to a minion to escape a bad situation or to reposition for a better angle.
- • does NOT stop blinks (like Ezreal E or Flash), only dashes. Learn the difference to avoid wasting the cooldown.
- •Tapping knocks the target straight up for 0.75s, which is long enough to guarantee the second hit of .
- •The range of increases with channel time, but the knockback distance also increases. Don't over-channel if you only want them moved a short distance.
- •Your passive makes you a monster at baiting. You gain a massive boost to Armor/MR when low, often surviving with a sliver of health.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using purely for the movement speed→The enemy will wait for the 2-second duration to end and then dash onto you or your carry while it's on a 20s cooldown.
- ✕Forcing without a wall angle→You put yourself in a dangerous position without getting the stun, usually resulting in you getting kited and killed.
- ✕Using on an enemy your team is already killing→You 'save' the enemy by knocking them to safety, which is a classic 'Poppy moment' that can lose games.
- ✕Ignoring the buckler on the ground→You miss out on a shield that scales with your max HP, making you significantly squishier in lane trades.
- ✕Positioning yourself too far from your team in fights→You are a utility tank; if you're too far forward, you can't use to stop the enemy from diving your backline.
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