Poppy ARAM Mayhem Build

Keeper of the Hammer. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #28 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21TankFighterNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 52.1%
Pick rate: 4.1%
Rank: #28 of 173
Games: 953,570
Patch: 26.21

How to play Poppy in ARAM Mayhem

Poppy is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #28 of 173 champions, with a 52.1% win rate over 953,570 games.

75% of Poppy's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 70,650 damage per game and mitigates another 121,728, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Thornmail and Unending Despair, with a 52.6% win rate over 658,836 games. On this build 41% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Poppy are Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Forged By The Master. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Third Times the Harm and Juiced when you can: they do worst on Poppy. A pair to look for: Forged By The Master with Armored Impact.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max Q (Hammer Shock) first, then E, then W.

Poppy ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Poppy game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

52.6% win rate · 83% of Poppy games · 658,836 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Thornmail
Unending Despair

Boots on the Tank build for Poppy, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	41%
Plated Steelcaps	40%
Mercury's Treads	18%

Situational, after the core

Jak'Sho, The Protean28% buy it
Iceborn Gauntlet7% buy it
Sunfire Aegis8% buy it
Randuin's Omen22% buy it
Frozen Heart23% buy it
Warmog's Armor27% buy it

Other build paths

Other Poppy build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
BruiserSundered Sky, Winter's Approach, Unending Despair		0.2%	29.2%

Games: the share of all Poppy games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel86% of games
Unending Despair59% of games
Warmog's Armor54% of games
Thornmail42% of games
Mercury's Treads35% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean29% of games
Randuin's Omen20% of games
Kaenic Rookern19% of games
Plated Steelcaps16% of games
Winter's Approach14% of games

Best augments for Poppy

Every card with enough Poppy games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Poppy's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Poppy

9 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Poppy in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier S	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier S	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier S	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Apex Inventor	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100 Item Haste (equivalent to 50% Item CDR). Item Haste reduces the cooldown Cooldown of all Item Abilities.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…

Average on Poppy
58 cards, best first

Below average on Poppy
28 cards, best first

Weakest on Poppy
17 cards, best first

Best first augment for Poppy

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Poppy's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate and Steel Your Heart come out on top.

The best augments for Poppy in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S
3	Steel Your HeartTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S
4	Pressure CookerTier S	Steel Your HeartTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	Sap MagicTier S
5	Omni SoulTier S	Pressure CookerTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	FruitifyTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Poppy, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 52.4% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 50.0% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 49.2% win rate

Skill order

QHammer Shock
EHeroic Charge
WSteadfast Presence

Max Q first. 75% of players use this order (53.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Poppy in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 9.2 / 11.1 / 26.1
KDA: 3.48
Damage to champions: 39,706
Damage taken: 70,650
Self-mitigated: 121,728
Healing on allies: 3
Shielding on allies: 1
Crowd control: 46 s
Kill participation: 64%
Game length: 17:03

Damage type

Physical 75%Magic 18%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Poppy build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Poppy: Heartsteel, Thornmail and Unending Despair. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Poppy in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Poppy, best first: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, Forged By The Master, Steel Your Heart and Pressure Cooker. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Poppy good in ARAM Mayhem?

Poppy is tier A on patch 26.21, #28 of 173 champions, with a 52.1% win rate over 953,570 games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Poppy in ARAM Mayhem?

For Poppy's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate, Steel Your Heart, Pressure Cooker and Omni Soul, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

Get Poppy's build and card tiers in your game

LazyElo is a free Windows app that sits next to the League client. In the Mayhem lobby it shows which champion on your bench is strongest; in the game you type the three cards you're offered and see their tier for Poppy side by side, with this build in the overlay.

Download LazyElo for Windows

Free plan, no ads. For Windows 10 and 11.

Plans and pricing The ARAM Mayhem overlay

ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Poppy counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.