How to win lane as Master Yi against Poppy · 56.29% win rate over 151 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Poppy | Poppy's Hammer Shock and wall-stun Heroic Charge crush Yi's early trades. |
| Level 2 | Poppy | Her slow and stun keep lane control firmly hers through level 2. |
| Level 3 | Poppy | Frontloaded poke and CC dominate the level-3 window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By levels 4-5 it's skill-based around dodging her E and passive block. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Her Steadfast Presence and stun still deny your level-6 dive, keeping it even. |
| First item | Master Yi | Your first item lets you out-DPS her and engage on her cooldowns. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Highlander and true damage out-scale her tank build in extended late fights. |
Poppy wins the opening levels: Hammer Shock slows and chunks your trades, and Heroic Charge stuns you into walls for a free follow-up, so stay off terrain and just farm through her poke.
The full Master Yi 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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