Bard vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Bard
based on 1,863 Bard vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Poppy
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Bard vs. Poppy counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Poppy. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Poppy
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Who is Better, Bard or Poppy?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Poppy, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a great counter to Poppy.
While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Poppy, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Poppyas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Poppy matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a great counter to Poppy. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often picks up less CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Bard versus Poppy build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Poppy than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 53.6% when countering Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Poppy as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Bard vs Poppy fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.6% win rate overall.
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