Poppy

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Comp identity — Support / Top

Leans Attack — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 60%
Catchworkable · 40%
Protectworkable · 30%
Poppy brings the frontline and engage that start the 5v5. Enough Catch and Protect sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. W passive doubles her armor/MR bonus below 40% HP, spiking survivability exactly when she'd otherwise die.

Kit quirks

W passive doubles her armor/MR bonus below 40% HP, spiking survivability exactly when she'd otherwise die
R (Keeper's Verdict) can be charged up to 4s for massive knockback range and makes the target untargetable during the shockwave, functioning as hard peel/anti-dive
E is a dash-carry that only stuns if she slams the target into terrain, making positioning-dependent CC

How Poppy actually performs in ranked solo queue · 81 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Support51% WR · 58.5 games
Top50% WR · 15.8 games
Jungle48% WR · 5.2 games
Mid50% WR · 1.3 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

AlistarSupport+0%

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Poppy's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Poppy beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Mountain (Earth)67%vs 59% avg+8pp58g

Hextech74%vs 62% avg+12pp54g

Cloud70%vs 60% avg+10pp53g

Infernal69%vs 60% avg+9pp51g

Ocean69%vs 63% avg+7pp49g

Chemtech70%vs 62% avg+8pp30g

Duo playbook

+ Veigar (Support/Bot)
Poppy's E displacement can knock an enemy directly into Veigar's E cage, converting his conditional zone-control setup into a guaranteed stun that both champions' follow-up abilities then land on for free.
via Skill Capped ↗

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Poppy — Keeper of the Hammer

Class: Warden
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Positions: Top, Jungle
Released: 2010-01-13 (V1.0.0.70)
Last changed: V26.19
Price: 225 BE · 260 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	610	+110	2480
Health regen (per 5s)	9	+0.8	22.6
Mana	300	+45	1065
Mana regen (per 5s)	7	+0.7	18.9
Armor	35	+5	120
Magic resist	32	+2.05	66.85
Attack damage	56	+4	124
Attack speed	0.658	+2.5%	0.924
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	125
Movement speed	345

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 115
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 35
Gameplay radius: 55
Attack cast time (s): 0.375
Attack total time (s): 1.6

Abilities

Passive

Iron Ambassador

Static cooldown: 16 / 12 / 8 / 6 (based on level)Speed: 1600

Innate: Periodically, Poppy's next basic attack on-attack is empowered to throw her buckler, gaining 350 bonus range and dealing 20 – 198.82 (based on level) bonus magic damage. After it hits, the buckler then falls to a location near the target over 1 second, landing and remaining there for up to 4 seconds.

Poppy can move over the buckler to retrieve it, gaining a shield for 11% – 21.06% (based on level) of her maximum health for 3 seconds. If the buckler kills the target, or if the target is already dead when the buckler hits it, the buckler will bounce back to Poppy instead of falling. Enemy champions can move over the buckler to destroy it.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (2)

Poppy will not throw the buckler if she begins her attack windup before Iron Ambassador's cooldown has elapsed.(unexpected)
Iron Ambassador's buckler attack counts as melee.

Passive

Iron Ambassador

Static cooldown: 16 / 12 / 8 / 6 (based on level)Speed: 1600

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (2)

Poppy will not throw the buckler if she begins her attack windup before Iron Ambassador's cooldown has elapsed.(unexpected)
Iron Ambassador's buckler attack counts as melee.

Hammer Shock

Cost: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 ManaCooldown: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4Cast time: 0.3325Range: 460 • -120Width: 160

Active: Poppy smashes the area in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies hit. Against minions and monsters, the damage based on their health ratio is capped.

Physical Damage: 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 75% bonus AD) (+ 7 / 7.5 / 8 / 8.5 / 9% of target's maximum health)
Capped Minion/Monster Health Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210
Maximum Minion/Monster Damage: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280 / 340 (+ 75% bonus AD)

The impact creates a field for 1 second that slows enemies within, which then ruptures to deal the same physical damage.

Slow: 20 / 23 / 26 / 29 / 32% (+ 0.8% per 100 Poppy's bonus health)
Total Physical Damage: 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 (+ 150% bonus AD) (+ 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18% of target's maximum health)
Total Maximum Minion/Monster Damage: 200 / 320 / 440 / 560 / 680 (+ 150% bonus AD)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (2)

Spell shields will block only a single instance of damage.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Map-specific differences (1)

Damage health ratio changed to 8% of target's maximum health.

Steadfast Presence

Cost: 50 ManaCooldown: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12Cast time: noneEffect radius: 400

Passive - Stubborn to a Fault: Poppy increases her total armor and total magic resistance by 16%, doubled to 32% while she is below 40% maximum health.

Active: Poppy gains 40% bonus movement speed and creates an aura around herself for 2 seconds, causing all enemies who attempt to dash into or within it to be dealt magic damage and knocked up for 0.5 seconds. If a target was successfully interrupted, they become grounded and slowed by 25% for 2 seconds.

Magic Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 70% AP)

Steadfast Presence can only block a single dash per enemy per cast.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: SelfDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (6)

Stubborn to a Fault's armor amplification stacks with an instance of recursion.
Steadfast Presence does not stop dashes if the unit is crowd control immune, displacement immune, untargetable, or protected by spell shield in the process (e.g. Death Mark, Stormbringer, Unstoppable Force).
Dashes when the unit is crowd control immune or displacement immune still trigger the aura and take the damage, but do not get knocked up and thus also never become grounded and slowed.
Spell shields deny all the effects if Steadfast Presence is triggered by their holder, and are consumed in the process.
Being untargetable prevents Steadfast Presence from triggering, but this does not prevent it from triggering against another, targetable dash.
Steadfast Presence does not trigger against lunges.

Map-specific differences (3)

Increased resistances changed to 8%.
Increased resistances while below 40% maximum health changed to 16%.
Cooldown changed to 26 / 23.5 / 21 / 18.5 / 16 seconds.

Steadfast Presence

Cost: 50 ManaCooldown: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12Cast time: noneEffect radius: 400

Passive - Stubborn to a Fault: Poppy increases her total armor and total magic resistance by 16%, doubled to 32% while she is below 40% maximum health.

Magic Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 70% AP)

Steadfast Presence can only block a single dash per enemy per cast.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: SelfDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (6)

Stubborn to a Fault's armor amplification stacks with an instance of recursion.
Steadfast Presence does not stop dashes if the unit is crowd control immune, displacement immune, untargetable, or protected by spell shield in the process (e.g. Death Mark, Stormbringer, Unstoppable Force).
Dashes when the unit is crowd control immune or displacement immune still trigger the aura and take the damage, but do not get knocked up and thus also never become grounded and slowed.
Spell shields deny all the effects if Steadfast Presence is triggered by their holder, and are consumed in the process.
Being untargetable prevents Steadfast Presence from triggering, but this does not prevent it from triggering against another, targetable dash.
Steadfast Presence does not trigger against lunges.

Map-specific differences (3)

Increased resistances changed to 8%.
Increased resistances while below 40% maximum health changed to 16%.
Cooldown changed to 26 / 23.5 / 21 / 18.5 / 16 seconds.

Heroic Charge

Cost: 70 ManaCooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10Cast time: noneTarget range: 475Speed: 1800

Active: Poppy dashes to the target enemy's location. If they are in range upon arrival, she deals physical damage and carries them along with her for up to 400 units.

Physical Damage: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+ 60% bonus AD)

If the target hits terrain, she stops to deal the same physical damage again and stuns them for a duration.

Stun Duration: 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2 seconds
Total Physical Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 120% bonus AD)

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (7)

Poppy will be ordered to basic attack the target.
Heroic Charge can apply spell effects twice (once when Poppy hits her target and once she stuns them against a wall).
Both instances of damage and crowd control are all the same cast instance. Effects that only trigger once per spell cast will not trigger twice.
Poppy dashes slightly less far than the distance she pushes the target.
Heroic Charge can interact with player-generated terrain.
The dash does not follow targets. The target's position at the time of Heroic Charge's cast is the direction Poppy will dash towards.
Poppy does not carry nor deal damage to the target if they have left a certain radius before she collides with them.

Tips & tricks (1)

Heroic Charge can traverse terrain, provided that the target is within range.

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 21 / 19.5 / 18 / 16.5 / 15 seconds.

Keeper's Verdict

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 140 / 120 / 100Cast time: 0.25 • 0.35Range: 500 • 850 – 1200 (based on channel time)Effect radius: 180 • 225Width: 180Speed: 2500

Active: Poppy charges while being slowed by 15% for up to 4 seconds to increase Keeper's Verdict's range and knock back distance over 0.5 seconds after the first 0.5 seconds of the channel. Keeper's Verdict can be recast within the duration.

Recast: Poppy releases the charge to launch her hammer upwards, dealing physical damage to enemies nearby and in an area in front of her and knocking them up for 1 second.

Physical Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 (+ 45% bonus AD)

If Keeper's Verdict was charged for at least 0.5 seconds, it deals 100% increased damage and enemies hit are knocked back up-to 3400 units toward the enemy team's fountain, during which they are revealed and rendered untargetable. Additionally, if no enemies are hit in front of Poppy, she sends a shockwave that travels in the target direction until it collides with an enemy champion, which causes a hammer to erupt. Targets hit by the shockwave or the eruption receive the charged effects.

Increased Damage: 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 90% bonus AD)

If the charge is interrupted or completes without reactivation, Keeper's Verdict is cancelled and the ability is put on a 30-second cooldown.

Targeting input: Auto • DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: BlockedDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (12)

The erupting hammer of the charged cast that sends out a missile will be centered on the first champion struck, not at the location the missile collided with them.
Enemies within the enemy team's fountain (at least 400 units away from the center of the fountain) that are hit by a Keeper's Verdict that would knock them back are instead knocked up for 0.75 seconds and not rendered untargetable, like the uncharged effect. They still receive the full damage.
Keeper's Verdict does not destroy in-flight projectiles for enemies hit if they are rendered untargetable.
The knock back will only displace enemies as far as they can go (e.g. to the furthest current spot available of Realm of Death's and The Hextech Ultimatum's borders and to the corner of the fountain).
The displacement's duration will remain unchanged regardless of if the knock back cannot achieve its full distance due to the affected target being restricted by boundaries they are unable to cross. In order for this to be possible, the speed of the knock back is decreased (based on where the actual landing point is) to match the amount of distance covered to time spent displaced.
Keeper's Verdict's airborne debuff is non-dispellable and thus cannot be removed by cleansing effects.
The debuff will remove itself automatically when the forced movement ends.
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest activate after 0.2 seconds into the cast time of Keeper's Verdict's recast. They do not activate if the first cast's channel is interrupted or times out.
The following table refers for interactions while Poppy is channeling:
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects
Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Keeper's Verdict

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 140 / 120 / 100Cast time: 0.25 • 0.35Range: 500 • 850 – 1200 (based on channel time)Effect radius: 180 • 225Width: 180Speed: 2500

Recast: Poppy releases the charge to launch her hammer upwards, dealing physical damage to enemies nearby and in an area in front of her and knocking them up for 1 second.

Physical Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 (+ 45% bonus AD)

Increased Damage: 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 90% bonus AD)

If the charge is interrupted or completes without reactivation, Keeper's Verdict is cancelled and the ability is put on a 30-second cooldown.

Targeting input: Auto • DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: BlockedDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (12)

The erupting hammer of the charged cast that sends out a missile will be centered on the first champion struck, not at the location the missile collided with them.
Enemies within the enemy team's fountain (at least 400 units away from the center of the fountain) that are hit by a Keeper's Verdict that would knock them back are instead knocked up for 0.75 seconds and not rendered untargetable, like the uncharged effect. They still receive the full damage.
Keeper's Verdict does not destroy in-flight projectiles for enemies hit if they are rendered untargetable.
The knock back will only displace enemies as far as they can go (e.g. to the furthest current spot available of Realm of Death's and The Hextech Ultimatum's borders and to the corner of the fountain).
The displacement's duration will remain unchanged regardless of if the knock back cannot achieve its full distance due to the affected target being restricted by boundaries they are unable to cross. In order for this to be possible, the speed of the knock back is decreased (based on where the actual landing point is) to match the amount of distance covered to time spent displaced.
Keeper's Verdict's airborne debuff is non-dispellable and thus cannot be removed by cleansing effects.
The debuff will remove itself automatically when the forced movement ends.
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest activate after 0.2 seconds into the cast time of Keeper's Verdict's recast. They do not activate if the first cast's channel is interrupted or times out.
The following table refers for interactions while Poppy is channeling:
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects
Death, unless protected by Resurrection