Aphelios vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Aphelios
based on 1,480 Aphelios vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Poppy
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Aphelios vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Aphelios versus Poppy counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champions. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Poppy..
Aphelios typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Poppy. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Poppy
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Poppy?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Poppy, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Aphelios does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Poppyas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Poppy matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often picks up more CS relative to Poppy. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Poppy build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Poppy as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Aphelios vs Poppy counters, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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