Alistar vs Poppy — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Alistar against Poppy · 49.39% win rate over 1,956 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Poppy is favoured — Poppy owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Play it patient and win your windows. Alistar wins 49.39% of games vs Poppy in support (1,956 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1PoppyPoppy's L1 Heroic Charge wall-stun interrupts your combo, keeping her ahead.
Level 2PoppyAt L2 her E chain plus passive shield out-trade your step-up, favouring her.
Level 3PoppyBy L3 her E and W anti-engage tools deny your knockup, so she leads.
Levels 4-5PoppyThrough L4-5 her wall-stun peel shuts down your engages, keeping her ahead.
Level 6PoppyAt L6 Keeper's Verdict cancels your all-in, so she wins the spike.
First itemPoppyFirst-item, her durability and W grounding neutralise your engage, favouring her.
Two+ itemsPoppyLate, her anti-engage kit out-peels your commit, so Poppy stays ahead.

Early game (levels 1–5)

L1-2 Poppy out-trades you with Heroic Charge—any wall behind you turns her E into a long stun that stops your knockup, so hug open ground, soak with your bulk, and don't step up near terrain.

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The full Alistar vs Poppy report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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