Nocturne vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Nocturne
based on 3,154 Nocturne vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Poppy
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Nocturne vs. Poppy matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy..
Nocturne normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Poppy. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Poppy
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Poppy?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Poppy, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter for Poppy.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Poppy.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Poppy matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is an above average counter to Poppy. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually accumulates less CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Nocturne versus Poppy build consist of Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Poppy than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Poppy as Nocturne, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nocturne vs Poppy counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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