How to win lane as Poppy against Master Yi · 43.71% win rate (151 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Poppy's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
This is Poppy's own plan; across 151 pooled games the lane is Master Yi-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Poppy | Your Hammer Shock and wall-stun threat crush his early trades — level 1 is yours the moment he steps up. |
| Level 2 | Poppy | Your slow and stun keep lane control through 2 — he farms only at the edge of your leash. |
| Level 3 | Poppy | Frontloaded poke and CC dominate the level-3 window — a wall pin means half his health. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By 4-5 it is skill-based: Alpha Strike is a 20s untargetable dash, so hold the pin until he spends it. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your Steadfast Presence and stun still deny his dive, but no more than that — the stage is even, not yours. |
| First item | Master Yi | His first item out-DPSes you and he engages on your cooldowns — the duel has left your hands. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Late Highlander makes him slow-immune and Wuju Style's true damage ignores your resists — peel, never duel. |
Spend your window ruthlessly: Q poke and the wall-stun threat win levels 1-3 outright, so shove, pin and chunk him every time he steps to the wave. Any kill or fat CS lead now is armor against a matchup that only gets worse — this is the easiest he will ever be to bully, so bully him.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Poppy's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Poppy vs Master Yi 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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Master Yi — Poppy wins only 43.71% of 151 games, so Poppy plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Master Yi holds a real statistical advantage (56.29% win rate), so Poppy is the one working uphill.
No — Master Yi counters Poppy (Poppy wins only 43.71% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
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