Poppy Jungle Build, Best Paths & Clearing Guide for Patch 26.11
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RDiscover the best Poppy jungle build for League of Legends Patch 26.11. Learn optimal jungle paths, Poppy build runes & items, skill order, counters and explore our pathing guide to maximize your winrate in the Season 16 meta.
Jungle Trends
Highest Winrate First Camp
Raptors (52.3%)
Most Popular First Camp
Red Brambleback (42.8%)
Top 3 Highest Winrate Paths
Top 3 Highest Popularity Paths
Poppy Tips and Tricks
- Poppy has insane amounts of crowd control that make her a great addition to any late-game based team comp. Though, the main reason why she's played in the jungle is her explosive early game that allows her to level three invade/gank and one-shot most enemies.
- Proper timing of Steadfast Presence will deny the enemy ways to escape, or initiate a fight. It can block an enemy from dashing if the dash can be interrupted (Hecarim's R is an example of an uninterruptable dash).
- Poppy doesn't struggle with camp clears— in fact, she has some of the easiest first-clears in the game due to Hammer Shock.
- Keeper's Verdict is perfect for teamfights because you can knock assassins off your carries. You can also knock the enemy's tanks away so your team has easy access to the enemy damage dealers.
- Poppy's main combo goes as follows: Heroic Charge (into a wall to stun the enemy), Hammer Shock and Steadfast Presence to deny them an escape. To hard cc the enemy you can also quick cast Keeper's Verdict at the start or end of the combo to keep them pinned for even longer.
Poppy Matchups
Poppy Jungle Pathing Guide
Jungle Pathing represents the choices jungle players make in regards to when and where to gank, invade or just path towards. It includes how camps and buffs are cleared between ganks, anticipating counterganks, and spotting opportunities for invading. Effective pathing requires deep understanding of your champion's abilities, their interactions, and how both team compositions play into those choices.
Full clear with a Red Buff start
The recommended jungle path for Poppy is a full clear starting at Red Buff with Hammer Shock for AoE damage. At level two, unlock Heroic Charge since its used during camp clears but also allows you to deal with potential invades, then clear Krugs and Raptors. These bring you to level three, where you take Steadfast Presence for dash countering & zoning. Move to Wolves, Gromp and Blue Sentinel, hitting level four and upgrading Hammer Shock before contesting the Rift Scuttler and looking for gank opportunities on nearby lanes.
Poppy is quite versatile, she can even start on Murk Wolves, Raptors or Blue Buff. The possibilities are limitless, and it's down to you to decide what lane you will strongside.
Poppy’s aggression starts at level three with Heroic Charge stuns chained into Hammer Shock for burst. Her best ganks are mid and botlane, where terrain is easy to pin enemies against and allies can follow up, especially if the enemies have dashes.
