How to win lane as Poppy against Master Yi · 43.71% win rate over 151 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 — he is dodging your E with Alpha and your passive block only stretches so far. |
| 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 his Highlander and true damage out-scale your tank build in extended fights — peel, do not 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.
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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