Champion sheet · Jungle

Poppy

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.2%#41 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.2%picked in 2,007 of 27,794 games
Ban: 10.0%2,257 bans over 22,592 games, against 6.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle46.5% between 42.5% and 50.6% over 404 gamesSoloQ 48.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 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 Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Sundered Sky, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 86% of junglers.FrontlineLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.7%
SoloQ
0.2%
0.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.2%
SoloQ
6.6%
9.2% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 6.6% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Sundered Sky, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge56% · 2,385

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 4,287

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 63 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 173

12%of soloQ games

Sundered Sky
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 86% of junglers.

Crowd control (CC)top14%1.2 · junglers: 0.7
Absorbs damagetop15%1,175 · junglers: 855
Lets allies carry killstop16%rank 84 of 100

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

What marks it

Frontline
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Map pressure
Takes its kills in duels
Invade

What it is not

Few teamfights
Little damage
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 34 in lane, 33 in mid game and 18 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

363-20 vs 383

752-43 vs 796

928-128 vs 1,056

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

Poppyjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 89% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.7takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 34 of 100 among junglers363 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 33 of 100 among junglers752 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 18 of 100 among junglers928 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 13 of 100 among junglers-374 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 12 of 100 among junglers-594 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 49 of 100 among junglers4.7 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 85 of 100 among junglers1,175 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 22 of 100 among junglers49% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 43 of 100 among junglers19% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 84 of 100 among junglersrank 84 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 86 of 100 among junglers1.2 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 18 of 100 among junglers14% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 14 of 100 among junglers62 · median 66
Invade · rank 67 of 100 among junglers8% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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

Lee Sin48.4% · expected 46.9% · 93 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

Viktor50.0% · expected 46.0% · 36 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +2.1

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus48.9% · expected 46.3% · 45 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Ahri59.0% · expected 48.6% · 39 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -6.7

Viktor51.4% · expected 47.1% · 35 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -2.3

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal45.7% · expected 43.3% · 35 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -3.6

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine58.1% · expected 47.6% · 31 g+10.5 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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