Gravesvs Poppy
Graves vs Poppy is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.13. Poppy wins with a 57.1% win rate (+14.3%) over Graves based on 14 games. Graves wins the early laning phase while Poppy scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Graves vs Poppy matchup.
Graves Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Graves performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Graves vs Poppy Matchup?
Graves vs Poppy Matchup Summary
The Graves vs Poppy matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 14 recent matches analyzed, Poppy wins with a 57.1% win rate compared to Graves's 42.9%, giving Poppy a 14.3 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Graves controls the early laning stage, but Poppy outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Graves needs to press advantages before Poppy reaches their power spikes, while Poppy should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Poppy leads by 0.7s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Poppy has a strong advantage in this matchup. Graves players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Poppy overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Graves vs Poppy Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Poppy, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Graves holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Graves Build Against Poppy
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Poppy, providing the mobility and stats Graves needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Graves against Poppy are Hubris, The Collector and Immortal Shieldbow. This combination gives Graves an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 4 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Poppy. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Graves vs Poppy matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Graves62.5%
Poppy37.5%Graves16.7%Poppy83.3%Graves dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 62.5% win rate — a 25.0 percentage point lead over Poppy. This lopsided early game means Graves can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Poppy is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 83.3% win rate — 66.7 points above Graves. Extended games heavily favor Poppy, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Graves must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Poppy reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Poppy survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Graves Runes Against Poppy
Precision
Domination
The Precision and Domination rune setup gives Graves the best tools to compete against Poppy in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Graves matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.13. The table below shows Graves's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53.85% | 91 | 1.6 | 846 | 14,319 | 53.3% | 54.1% | |
| 59.21% | 76 | 1.5 | 736 | 13,487 | 66.7% | 53.5% | |
| 44.00% | 75 | 1.5 | 860 | 14,473 | 41.9% | 45.5% | |
| 41.89% | 74 | 1.6 | 763 | 13,372 | 41.9% | 41.9% | |
| 64.29% | 70 | 2.2 | 851 | 14,794 | 62.5% | 65.8% | |
| 57.58% | 66 | 1.6 | 889 | 13,949 | 57.1% | 57.9% | |
| 43.33% | 60 | 1.6 | 783 | 14,047 | 37.5% | 47.2% | |
| 47.46% | 59 | 1.7 | 874 | 13,967 | 43.3% | 51.7% | |
| 41.67% | 48 | 1.6 | 764 | 14,277 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 45.65% | 46 | 1.5 | 787 | 14,125 | 52.2% | 39.1% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 1.5 | 737 | 12,657 | 52.6% | 40.9% | |
| 51.22% | 41 | 2.0 | 839 | 13,859 | 47.6% | 55.0% | |
| 47.50% | 40 | 1.6 | 810 | 12,789 | 40.9% | 55.6% | |
| 43.59% | 39 | 1.4 | 629 | 11,304 | 51.9% | 25.0% | |
| 56.41% | 39 | 1.4 | 748 | 12,684 | 52.6% | 60.0% | |
| 52.63% | 38 | 1.5 | 790 | 14,527 | 52.9% | 52.4% | |
| 26.32% | 38 | 1.5 | 732 | 12,774 | 23.5% | 28.6% | |
| 35.14% | 37 | 1.8 | 719 | 12,770 | 43.8% | 28.6% | |
| 47.22% | 36 | 1.4 | 811 | 13,258 | 52.9% | 42.1% | |
| 55.88% | 34 | 1.8 | 788 | 13,984 | 62.5% | 50.0% | |
| 42.42% | 33 | 2.1 | 904 | 13,964 | 31.3% | 52.9% | |
| 45.16% | 31 | 1.5 | 760 | 12,787 | 35.7% | 52.9% | |
| 50.00% | 28 | 1.6 | 801 | 13,892 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 48.15% | 27 | 1.5 | 939 | 14,165 | 35.7% | 61.5% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 1.4 | 726 | 12,590 | 41.2% | 80.0% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 1.5 | 850 | 13,720 | 54.5% | 37.5% | |
| 61.54% | 26 | 1.9 | 962 | 16,175 | 30.0% | 81.3% | |
| 36.00% | 25 | 1.7 | 782 | 13,520 | 41.7% | 30.8% | |
| 50.00% | 24 | 1.3 | 623 | 13,765 | 66.7% | 40.0% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 1.3 | 816 | 13,778 | 45.5% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 1.7 | 830 | 14,862 | 33.3% | 56.3% | |
| 60.00% | 20 | 1.5 | 816 | 13,236 | 58.3% | 62.5% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 1.3 | 868 | 14,687 | 71.4% | 45.5% | |
| 33.33% | 18 | 1.6 | 891 | 13,741 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 1.5 | 831 | 12,089 | 45.5% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 1.7 | 718 | 12,483 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 1.8 | 694 | 13,546 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 1.2 | 807 | 14,602 | 42.9% | 75.0% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 1.6 | 987 | 14,464 | 44.4% | 100.0% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 2.0 | 912 | 15,528 | 50.0% | 30.0% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 1.6 | 733 | 11,917 | 62.5% | 16.7% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 1.4 | 778 | 14,257 | 25.0% | 44.4% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 2.2 | 846 | 14,651 | 0.0% | 55.6% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 2.2 | 897 | 16,143 | 20.0% | 42.9% | |
| 83.33% | 12 | 1.6 | 715 | 13,504 | 85.7% | 80.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 5.4 | 1,060 | 15,939 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 1.6 | 800 | 11,766 | 20.0% | 66.7% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 1.1 | 878 | 13,986 | 33.3% | 80.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 2.2 | 1,082 | 17,438 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 1.4 | 744 | 13,483 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 2.3 | 962 | 14,842 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 2.0 | 818 | 13,450 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 1.4 | 742 | 13,065 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 2.2 | 716 | 12,998 | 0.0% | 20.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 2.1 | 1,103 | 16,871 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 1.6 | 726 | 13,405 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.7 | 788 | 13,217 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.0 | 466 | 9,702 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 1.9 | 722 | 12,028 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 3.2 | 1,061 | 16,586 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.4 | 744 | 14,150 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 3.4 | 830 | 14,140 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.0 | 556 | 9,643 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.1 | 793 | 13,944 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 1.9 | 861 | 15,515 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.1 | 608 | 12,042 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 966 | 12,716 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.3 | 893 | 16,226 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 4 | 1.4 | 760 | 15,226 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
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Graves vs Poppy - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Graves do against Poppy in League of Legends?
Poppy wins the Graves vs Poppy matchup with a 57.1% win rate compared to Graves's 42.9%, a 14.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 14 recent ranked games in patch 26.13.
How does Graves do against Poppy in the early game?
In the early game, Graves has the advantage against Poppy with a 62.5% win rate versus 37.5%. Graves players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Graves do against Poppy in the late game?
In the late game, Poppy takes over the Graves vs Poppy matchup with a 83.3% win rate compared to 16.7%. Poppy scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Graves vs Poppy matchup?
Poppy wins the matchup against Graves with a 57.1% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.13. The 14.3 percentage point advantage means Poppy is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 14 games analyzed.
What is the best Graves build against Poppy?
The best Graves build against Poppy includes Hubris, The Collector, Immortal Shieldbow with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Graves runes against Poppy?
The best Graves runes against Poppy use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Graves vs Poppy matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Graves counter Poppy?
No, Graves struggles against Poppy with only a 42.9% win rate. Poppy has the advantage in this matchup. Graves players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Poppy's lead.
How do I play Graves against Poppy?
When playing Graves against Poppy, play cautiously and avoid Poppy's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Poppy has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.