Poppy
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 6.2%picked in 164 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 6.0%117 bans over 1,958 games, against 4.8% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Eclipse, Black Cleaver, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: 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 draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.9%
- SoloQ
- 0.5%
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Grasp of the Undying, then Eclipse, Black Cleaver, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesGrasp of the Undying97% · 2,569
SpellsFlash + Teleport72% · 1,904
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Eclipse
- Black Cleaver
- Jak'Sho, The Protean
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
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.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 77% of top laners against the direct opponent.
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%
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.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Viktor5 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 130 g
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.5%2,239 picks of 431,266ban 4.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.9%35 picks of 3,686ban 5.6% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.2%5 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
14.8% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 2.5%G118 games of 733
- 2.5%G218 games of 733
- 1.6%G3+5 games of 316
Not enough series yet: published from 30.