- Win Rate
- 50.0%
- Pick Rate
- 1.4%
- Ban Rate
- 1.6%
Poppy vs Swain
- Patch
- 26.19
- Games
- 1,265
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 5, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Poppy vs Swain is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Poppy wins with a 73.3% win rate (+46.7%) over Swain based on 15 games. Poppy holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Poppy build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Poppy vs Swain matchup.
Poppy Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Poppy 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 Poppy vs Swain?
Poppy wins 53.8% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 35.5% and 71.2% (95% range).
- Expected
- 51.8% From both champions' overall Support win rates
- Matchup effect
- +2.0 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 26 games Lane: Support
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Support · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Top): 5 games, Poppy won 60.0%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Poppy, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Poppy wins 53.8% of 26 games (95% range 35.5–71.2%).
- Both champions' overall Support win rates predict 51.8% for Poppy; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Poppy players pick the Q > W > E skill order far more often against Swain: 5.2% of their other Support games, 15.4% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Poppy and Swain played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Poppy's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Poppy vs Swain Laning Stats
Only 26 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Poppy vs Swain Win Rate by Game Length
Poppy's win rate against Swain by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Poppy's results against Swain in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Poppy vs Swain Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Poppy Changes Against Swain
Choices Poppy players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Support games.
- Q > W > Ethe Q > W > E skill orderSkill priorityUsually5.2%vs Swain15.4%+10.1 pts
RevitalizeRuneUsually2.8%vs Swain11.5%+8.8 pts
Health Scaling (flex)Stat shardUsually3.3%vs Swain11.5%+8.3 pts
Umbral GlaiveItemUsually1.7%vs Swain7.7%+6.0 pts
Grasp of the UndyingKeystoneUsually1.7%vs Swain7.7%+6.0 pts
Control WardStarting itemsUsually2.0%vs Swain7.7%+5.7 pts
BastionbreakerItemUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Swain3.8%+3.8 pts
Refillable PotionStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Swain3.8%+3.8 pts
Best Poppy Build vs Swain
Usual Poppy build (Support)
55.6% win rate · 90 games
Against Swain
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 2 of 11 Poppy games against Swain carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Poppy's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Poppy Runes vs Swain
Usual Poppy runes (Support)
Hail of Blades
53.5% win rate · 241 games
Against Swain
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Poppy draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Poppy matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Poppy'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 Poppy build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Poppy Matchups
Hardest for Poppy
Easiest for Poppy
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Poppy vs Swain FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Poppy vs Swain?
Current data slightly favors Poppy, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Poppy wins 53.8% of 26 games (95% range 35.5–71.2%).
What is Poppy's win rate against Swain?
Poppy wins 53.8% of 26 Support games against Swain on patch 26.19 (95% range 35.5–71.2%). Based on both champions' overall Support win rates, 51.8% would be expected.
Does Poppy counter Swain?
Not clearly. Poppy wins 53.8% of 26 games against Swain, and the 95% range (35.5–71.2%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Poppy or Swain?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (26) to say who wins lane.
Does Poppy outscale Swain?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Swain strongest against Poppy?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Swain is ahead of Poppy beyond the margin of error.
What should Poppy build against Swain?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Poppy's usual Support core: Force of Nature, Dead Man's Plate, Thornmail. The biggest change against Swain: Umbral Glaive (1.7% usually, 7.7% here).
What runes should Poppy use against Swain?
Use Poppy's usual Hail of Blades page (Domination + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Swain: Revitalize (2.8% usually, 11.5% here).