Poppy Counters
Best and worst picks against Poppy in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Hwei, Renata Glasc and Janna beat Poppy most often. Pantheon, Morgana and Lux win the laning phase against Poppy by the widest gold margin.
Best picks against Poppy
Highest win rate versus Poppy in Support.
- 1Hwei229 games58.5%
- 2Renata Glasc108 games57.4%
- 3Janna212 games55.7%
- 4Braum250 games55.6%
- 5Xerath144 games55.6%
- 6Milio236 games55.5%
- 7Senna227 games55.1%
- 8Tahm Kench124 games54.8%
- 9Zyra106 games54.7%
- 10Nami282 games54.6%
- 11Alistar473 games54.1%
- 12Zilean112 games53.6%
- 13Thresh732 games52.3%
- 14Morgana230 games51.7%
- 15Brand144 games51.4%
Worst picks against Poppy
Lowest win rate versus Poppy in Support.
Best lane counters vs Poppy
Largest gold lead over Poppy at 15 minutes in Support.
How to play against Poppy
Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.
In lane and in teamfights
- Bait W before using dashes, then punish while her anti-engage field is down.
- Fight away from walls so E cannot pin you into a losing trade.
- Start skirmishes after she spends W, because dash-heavy engages fail inside it.
- Spread around objectives so her ult cannot remove multiple teammates from the fight.
- Save unstoppable or ranged engage for after W, then collapse before she can reset space.
Where Poppy is weak
Exploit these in draft and in lane.
- Poppy loses value against teams that do not rely on dashes, because her best denial tool has fewer targets.
- Her strongest crowd control needs wall angles, so open-space fights make her engage much less threatening.
Poppy counters: questions
Who counters Poppy in Support?
At Gold+, Hwei (58.5%), Renata Glasc (57.4%) and Janna (55.7%) have the highest win rates against Poppy.
Who does Poppy counter?
Poppy wins most often against Soraka (44.4%), Neeko (45.5%) and Pyke (46.0%).
Who wins lane against Poppy?
By gold lead at 15 minutes, Pantheon (+234), Morgana (+100) and Lux (+82) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Poppy.
How is the counter list ranked?
Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength.