Skarner vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Skarner
based on 177 Skarner vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Poppy Counter Build
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Poppy
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Skarner versus Poppy counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Poppy..
Skarner often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Skarner or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when taking on Poppy, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes an ok counter to Poppy.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate than Poppy, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Skarner into Poppy.
Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter for Poppy. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to counter Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually picks up less CS compared to Poppy. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Poppy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Poppy with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Poppy as Skarner, Skarner players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Skarner vs Poppy counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Poppy as Skarner are presented for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.