- Win Rate
- 49.6%
- Pick Rate
- 0.8%
- Ban Rate
- 1.5%
Poppy Support Build: Items & Boots
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 1,652
- Lane
- Support
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 22, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
The most-played Patch 26.20 Poppy build is Boots of Swiftness, Force of Nature, Dead Man's Plate, Thornmail, Protoplasm Harness, Locket of the Iron Solari, Oracle Lens: 9.71% of games, 50.36% win rate. Below are the boots, first items, starting items and summoner spells players pick most, each with its own win rate and game count.
Best Poppy Build - Highest Win Rate Items
Full Build
Early Build Order
Top Summoner Spells
Ignite + Flash54.8%Win Rate77.6%Pick Rate
Flash + Exhaust30.4%Win Rate17.2%Pick Rate
Build Stats
This Poppy build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
The core items for this Poppy build are Dead Man's Plate, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Thornmail. This item combination achieves a 51.5% win rate across 134 matches analyzed.
At full build, Poppy gains a total of 1500 Health, 180 Armor, and 50 MR, giving a strong power profile for a balanced playstyle.
Best Poppy Runes
Domination
Precision
Poppy Abilities
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Poppy build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health. Lower in: Magic Damage, Physical Damage.
The most popular starting items for Poppy are Health Potion, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 52.8% win rate and 41.1% pick rate.
- Dead Man's Plate S Tier
Dead Man's Plate
2,90051.11%Win Rate+1.47%WR Diff68.22%Pick Rate - Locket of the Iron Solari S Tier
Locket of the Iron Solari
2,20050.84%Win Rate+1.20%WR Diff32.51%Pick Rate - Thornmail S Tier
Thornmail
2,45050.16%Win Rate+0.52%WR Diff37.05%Pick Rate
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- Any item combo — even off-meta
- Thousands of real matches
- Win rate by rank & game length
Poppy players complete Dead Man's Plate first in 58% of games, winning 51.3% of them. The median first item is finished at 15:18 (25th to 75th percentile: 13:30 to 17:06).
First item
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 51.3% | 58.4% | 15:18 | 911 |
 | 60.5% | 2.8% | 14:36 | 43 |
 | 59.0% | 2.5% | 16:06 | 39 |
First two items
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 57.9% | 16.9% | 22:54 | 221 |
| 57.5% | 12.2% | 25:00 | 160 |
 | 61.0% | 3.1% | 22:12 | 41 |
Three-item core
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 64.0% | 3.4% | 31:24 | 25 |
| 60.0% | 4.8% | 30:36 | 35 |
| 58.3% | 3.3% | 30:18 | 24 |
Stages keep purchase order, so "A then B" and "B then A" are counted separately. Completion time is the minute the last item of the stage was bought. Boots are tracked separately.
Poppy players max Q > E > W in 88% of games, winning 49.4% of the 1,408 games that followed that order. The grid shows the most common ability at every level.
Q
E
W| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Q > W > E: 5% of games, 55.3% win rate
- E > Q > W: 3% of games, 47.7% win rate
- Protoplasm Harness S Tier
Protoplasm Harness
2,60053.79%Win Rate+4.15%WR Diff7.99%Pick Rate - Bandlepipes S Tier
Bandlepipes
2,30058.27%Win Rate+8.63%WR Diff8.41%Pick Rate
- Boots of Swiftness S Tier
Boots of Swiftness
1,00052.40%Win Rate+2.76%WR Diff50.48%Pick Rate
- Oracle Lens S Tier
Oracle Lens
049.80%Win Rate+0.16%WR Diff88.74%Pick Rate
Combined statistics from all items in this Poppy build.
Movement Speed:55
Armor:180
Health:1500- Movement Speed:4%
Magic Resistance:50
Build Comparison
SpeedArmorHealthSpeedMR
This Poppy durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. Its 51.5% win rate comes from only 134 games, so treat it as an observation rather than a proven edge. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation and substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Poppy build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. This build's moderate gold investment allows Poppy to spike earlier in the game. Prioritize completing Dead Man's Plate, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Thornmail to maximize your mid-game impact. For optimal results with this Poppy build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Strengths
- Strong physical damage mitigation
- Substantial health pool for survivability
Champions with Similar Builds to Poppy
Poppy Support Boots, Starting Items & Summoner Spells (Patch 26.20)
1,596 gamesMost Poppy Support players rush Dead Man's Plate first (58% of games), finished at a median of 15.3 minutes. Boots of Swiftness are the usual boots (52%). The standard summoner spells are Flash + Ignite (76%). The game usually starts with Health Potion + Health Potion + Stealth Ward.
Poppy boots
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
 Boots of SwiftnessMost played | 52.3% | 52.4% | 834 |
 Plated Steelcaps | 27.5% | 49.0% | 439 |
 Mercury's Treads | 13.8% | 47.5% | 221 |
Poppy starting items
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
  Health Potion ×2 + Stealth WardMost played | 45.9% | 49.8% | 711 |
| Health Potion ×2 | 29.2% | 53.4% | 453 |
 Control Ward | 3.9% | 50.0% | 60 |
 Health Potion ×2 + Oracle Lens | 3.6% | 47.3% | 55 |
Poppy summoner spells
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
  Flash + IgniteMost played | 75.8% | 50.4% | 1,209 |
 Exhaust + Flash | 17.6% | 46.3% | 281 |
 Flash + Heal | 4.8% | 47.4% | 76 |
Every option is listed with its own pick rate, win rate and game count from ranked games this patch. Options under 40 games are left out.
Poppy First Item and Core Build Timing
Which item Poppy players finish first and which three-item core they build, with the median completion minute and the middle 50% of games — the timing to beat if you want to spike before your opponent.
First completed item
| Items | Finished | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dead Man's Plate | 15.3 min 13.5-17.1 min | 58.4% | 51.3% | 911 |
 Locket of the Iron Solari | 13.6 min 12.1-15.2 min | 13.3% | 44.2% | 208 |
 Thornmail | 14.7 min 13.4-16.5 min | 6.7% | 46.7% | 105 |
 Heartsteel | 14.6 min 13.3-16.5 min | 2.8% | 60.5% | 43 |
Three-item core
| Items | Finished | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dead Man's Plate → Thornmail → Force of Nature | 30.0 min 28.0-32.8 min | 8.1% | 45.8% | 59 |
| Dead Man's Plate → Locket of the Iron Solari → Thornmail | 29.4 min 27.6-32.2 min | 7.2% | 51.9% | 52 |
Every Poppy Support Item by Win Rate
The completed items Poppy players build most this patch, with the share of games each one appears in and its win rate. Situational items sit low in pick rate for a reason — read the win rate next to the game count.
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Man's PlateMost played | 70.6% | 51.1% | 1,127 |
| Thornmail | 38.3% | 50.2% | 612 |
| Locket of the Iron Solari | 33.6% | 50.8% | 537 |
| Force of Nature | 27.3% | 52.8% | 436 |
 Bandlepipes | 8.7% | 58.3% | 139 |
 Protoplasm Harness | 8.3% | 53.8% | 132 |
 Sundered Sky | 6.3% | 56.0% | 100 |
 Voltaic Cyclosword | 4.5% | 55.6% | 72 |
| Heartsteel | 4.4% | 52.1% | 71 |
 Youmuu's Ghostblade | 3.9% | 46.0% | 63 |
 Frozen Heart | 3.6% | 44.8% | 58 |
 Randuin's Omen | 3.3% | 49.1% | 53 |
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This core is in our ranked data: 45.8% win rate over 59 games.
- Health
- 900
- Armor
- 130
- Magic Resist
- 55
- Move Speed
- 55
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