Nunu & Willump vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,284 Nunu & Willump vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Poppy
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Nunu & Willump versus Poppy counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Poppy..
Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Poppy. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Poppy
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Poppy?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when playing against Poppy, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter to Poppy.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Poppy, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Poppy.
Moreover, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump 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 team members during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Poppy. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Poppy during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often gets less CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Poppy build consist of Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 48.1% battling Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Poppy as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nunu & Willump vs Poppy matchups, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.
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