Champion sheet · Support

Poppy

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

18.9%#37 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.8%picked in 1,443 of 18,488 games
Ban: 11.1%1,948 bans over 17,537 games, against 11.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Support51.0% between 48.0% and 54.1% over 715 gamesSoloQ 52.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26.1 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 325,271 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 Support.DraftLength
How to play itAftershock, then Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 88% of supports.Map pressureFrontline
With / againstBetter than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +13.8 pts over 36 games, range above zero.+13.8 pt36 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.8%
SoloQ
1.5%
1.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
10.2%
SoloQ
11.8%
10.2% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 11.8% in soloQ over 132,897 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26.1 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26.1 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock62% · 6,363

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal56% · 5,775

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 95% · 95 games

Core (3 legendaries)16% · 15

16%of soloQ games

Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature
Protoplasm Harness

Amateur: Sundered Sky, Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, 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 88% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop12%873 · supports: 393
Map pressuretop15%4.9 · supports: 4.5

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Frontline

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 61 in lane, 63 in mid game and 61 in late game, out of 100 supports.

300+13 vs 288

405+63 vs 342

441+54 vs 388

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

Poppysupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 53% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 61 of 100 among supports300 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 63 of 100 among supports405 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 61 of 100 among supports441 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 49 of 100 among supports+95 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 48 of 100 among supports+145 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 85 of 100 among supports4.9 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 88 of 100 among supports873 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 27 of 100 among supports51% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 61 of 100 among supports19% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 38 of 100 among supportsrank 38 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 64 of 100 among supports1.2 · median 1
Team damage · rank 59 of 100 among supports11% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +13.8 pts over 36 games, range above zero.

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

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Vi56.7% · expected 51.0% · 60 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

Wukong50.0% · expected 46.7% · 46 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +1.2

Midgap to expected

Yone62.5% · expected 47.7% · 32 g+14.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Sylas56.4% · expected 53.0% · 39 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +4.5

Syndra51.4% · expected 50.6% · 35 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -2.3

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal69.4% · expected 55.6% · 36 g+13.8 ptSoloQ +2.4

Tristana61.7% · expected 52.4% · 60 g+9.2 ptSoloQ +2.5

Kalista61.3% · expected 50.0% · 31 g+11.3 ptSoloQ -0.3

Zeri55.9% · expected 47.5% · 34 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +3.7

Sivir53.3% · expected 51.0% · 30 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -5.2

Supportgap to expected

Leona52.9% · expected 50.2% · 87 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +1.1

Thresh50.0% · expected 49.7% · 30 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -0.9

With

Topgap to expected

Malphite58.1% · expected 52.4% · 31 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -1.2

Renekton53.1% · expected 51.4% · 32 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -3.4

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV58.7% · expected 49.3% · 46 g+9.4 ptSoloQ -1.2

Wukong56.4% · expected 55.4% · 55 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -3.7

Midgap to expected

Sylas60.0% · expected 49.1% · 30 g+10.9 ptSoloQ -1.7

Viktor52.0% · expected 51.2% · 50 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -0.8

Lissandra50.0% · expected 49.2% · 30 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -1.7

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal53.2% · expected 46.5% · 62 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +0.4

Caitlyn61.4% · expected 53.2% · 44 g+8.2 ptSoloQ -1.2

Sivir57.1% · expected 51.1% · 35 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +6.7

Kai'Sa53.7% · expected 51.5% · 67 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -2.1

Xayah56.4% · expected 53.0% · 39 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -1.9

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.

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