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

Poppy vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Poppy

based on 1,384 Poppy vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
44.9 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our database, Poppy engaged Tahm Kench 1384 times. Including so many matchups for Poppy vs Tahm Kench gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a supported build to crush your foe. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Poppy encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.2% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a pathetic job of countering Tahm Kench. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.9% of the time the champs face each other in. In Poppy vs Tahm Kench games, Poppy’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Poppy vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernIceborn GauntletHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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
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Q
2
E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Tahm Kench

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 Tahm Kench

When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!

Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Poppy vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
44.9 %
VS
Win Rate
55.1 %
Tahm Kench Image
4.6
< Kills >
5.2
5.7
< Deaths >
5.1
8.5
< Assists >
8.7
1.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
72
< Minions Killed >
119
0.77
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.53
14,630
< Physical Damage >
4,110
3,747
< Magic Damage >
15,917
948
< True Damage >
761
19,326
< Damage Dealt >
20,789
30,869
< Damage Taken >
41,354
10,330
< Gold Earned >
10,630
1.46
< Towers >
2.12
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,291
< Total Healing >
13,085
12,963
< Experience >
13,428
23
< Vision Score >
26
9
< Wards Placed >
12
644
< Time Dealing CC >
309

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Poppy versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..

Poppy normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Poppy or Tahm Kench?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 44.9% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.

While Poppy does have a much lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Poppy into Tahm Kench.

Additionally, Poppy also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Poppy is a bad counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Tahm Kench.

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 Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Poppy, we analyzed 1,384 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 Tahm Kench 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 Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Poppy to counter Tahm Kench 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy typically picks up less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Poppy versus Tahm Kench build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Tahm Kench than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 44.9% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Tahm Kench 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Poppy vs Tahm Kench LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Poppy are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.