Brand vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Brand
based on 3,546 Brand vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Poppy
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Brand against Poppy matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy..
Brand normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Poppy
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Who is Better, Brand or Poppy?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Poppy, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter to Poppy.
While Brand does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Poppy.
Additionally, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Poppy matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Brand is a good 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 do very well as Brand against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand on average gets a similar amount of CS as Poppy. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Brand versus Poppy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Poppy as Brand, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Brand vs Poppy matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
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