Background Image
How to Win Poppy vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
Fighter

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Poppy

based on 315 Poppy vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
55.9 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Poppy battled Rek'Sai 315 times. Having so many matchups for Poppy versus Rek'Sai provides us faith in our capability to provide enlightening data and a solid build to suppress Rek'Sai. This matchup is fairly rare. Poppy has to counter Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Poppy does a great job of countering Rek'Sai. On average, she wins a fantastic 55.9% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Poppy vs Rek'Sai rounds, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Rek'Sai.

Best Poppy vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairSundered SkySunfire AegisKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
>
Second ability for Poppy to level upe
>
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Poppy vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
55.9 %
VS
Win Rate
44.1 %
Rek'Sai Image
5
< Kills >
7
5.2
< Deaths >
6.4
8.6
< Assists >
7.5
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
82
< Minions Killed >
35
0.86
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.38
13,387
< Physical Damage >
13,458
3,718
< Magic Damage >
56
907
< True Damage >
3,919
18,013
< Damage Dealt >
17,434
29,610
< Damage Taken >
36,193
10,705
< Gold Earned >
11,791
1.69
< Towers >
1.31
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
8,149
< Total Healing >
17,430
13,348
< Experience >
13,236
25
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
681
< Time Dealing CC >
290

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Poppy vs. Rek'Sai counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rek'Sai..

Poppy normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Poppy or Rek'Sai?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when taking on Rek'Sai, with a 55.9% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a fantastic counter for Rek'Sai.

While Poppy does have a much higher winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Poppy into Rek'Sai.

Moreover, Poppy also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. 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 in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Rek'Sai matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a great counter to Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Rek'Sai.

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 Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Poppy, we analyzed 315 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 Rek'Sai 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

Poppy Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy on average gets more CS as Rek'Sai. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly 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 case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Poppy versus Rek'Sai build include Thornmail, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Rek'Sai than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 55.9% when playing against Rek'Sai with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Rek'Sai as Poppy, Poppy players 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 players used for Poppy vs Rek'Sai counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rek'Sai as Poppy are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.