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

Poppy vs Master Yi

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

based on 2,866 Poppy vs Master Yi matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. In our database, Poppy faced off against Master Yi 2866 times. Including so many matchups for Poppy versus Master Yi gives us faith in our capacity to produce actionable data and a solid build to obliterate your opponent. This particular matchup is somewhat uncommon. Poppy fights Master Yi in only 4.6% of her games.

Poppy vs Master Yi Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a terrible job of countering Master Yi. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.4% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Poppy vs Master Yi matches, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Master Yi.

Best Poppy vs Master Yi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Randuin's OmenDead Man's PlateHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Master Yi

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 Master Yi

If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.

Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.

Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.

Poppy vs Master Yi Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Master Yi Image
4.8
< Kills >
7.8
5.6
< Deaths >
6.9
8.3
< Assists >
5.9
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.83
80
< Minions Killed >
36
0.7
< Dragons Killed >
1.55
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
12,336
< Physical Damage >
13,395
3,336
< Magic Damage >
983
860
< True Damage >
5,823
16,533
< Damage Dealt >
20,201
29,373
< Damage Taken >
32,138
10,386
< Gold Earned >
12,373
1.58
< Towers >
1.4
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.39
7,484
< Total Healing >
14,983
13,165
< Experience >
13,615
23
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
6
626
< Time Dealing CC >
221

How to Counter Master Yi with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Poppy against Master Yi counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi..

Poppy typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Master Yi

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Master Yi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Master Yi

Who is Better, Poppy or Master Yi?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Master Yi, with a 46.4% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes a poor counter for Master Yi.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Poppy into Master Yi.

Moreover, Poppy also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Poppy is a bad counter to Master Yi. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Master Yi.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Master Yi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Master Yi as Poppy, we analyzed 2,866 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 Master Yi 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy on average gets more CS compared to Master Yi. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Master Yi build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Master Yi than with most other common builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 46.4% battling Master Yi with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Master Yi as Poppy, you 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 sets players chose for Poppy vs Master Yi LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.4% win rate overall.

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