Kindred vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Kindred
based on 1,213 Kindred vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Poppy
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
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.
Kindred vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several significant Kindred against Poppy matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Poppy..
Kindred often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Poppy
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Who is Better, Kindred or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when trying to fight Poppy, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a poor counter to Poppy.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate than Poppy, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kindred into Poppy.
Moreover, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a terribly counter to Poppy. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred usually picks up less CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kindred versus Poppy build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Poppy with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Poppy as Kindred, Kindred players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kindred vs Poppy matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Poppy as Kindred are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.