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How to Win Poppy vs Illaoi Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Illaoi

How to Beat Illaoi as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Illaoi as Poppy

based on 993 Poppy vs Illaoi matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.58
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Illaoi as Poppy resulted from an examination of 993 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Poppy is forced to battle against Illaoi in only 1.6% of her matches.

Poppy vs Illaoi Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a dismal job of beating Illaoi. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Poppy against Illaoi rounds, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Illaoi.

Best Poppy vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanUnending DespairDead Man's PlateHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
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Second ability for Poppy to level upe
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Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Illaoi

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Advice to Win Against Illaoi

Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.

When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.

Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.

Poppy vs Illaoi Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Illaoi Image
4.9
< Kills >
5
5.3
< Deaths >
6.8
8.8
< Assists >
4.4
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
72
< Minions Killed >
189
0.76
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.56
13,594
< Physical Damage >
24,757
3,595
< Magic Damage >
866
1,035
< True Damage >
412
18,224
< Damage Dealt >
26,035
30,951
< Damage Taken >
36,625
10,429
< Gold Earned >
11,913
1.43
< Towers >
2.83
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,627
< Total Healing >
9,237
13,357
< Experience >
15,167
24
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
637
< Time Dealing CC >
448

How to Counter Illaoi with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Poppy against Illaoi counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Poppy often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Illaoi

Who is Better, Poppy or Illaoi?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a bad counter to Illaoi.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Poppy into Illaoi.

Additionally, Poppy has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a bad counter for Illaoi. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Illaoi.

Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy

Poppy Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.2% winrateAnnieAnnie44.1% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench44.9% winrateViktorViktor45.3% winrate

Poppy Wins Against

KennenKennen57.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc56.6% winrateAlistarAlistar56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TrundleTrundle+ 54.6% 2180 GamesTaricTaric+ 54.7% 494 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.2% 2186 GamesOlafOlaf+ 57.3% 321 Games

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Illaoi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Illaoi as Poppy, we analyzed 993 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Illaoi as Poppy comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy typically gets less CS as Illaoi. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Illaoi build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Illaoi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 47.7% battling Illaoi with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Illaoi as Poppy, Poppy players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Poppy vs Illaoi clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.

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