Syndra vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Syndra
based on 1,476 Syndra vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Poppy
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown here feature some strategic Syndra versus Poppy matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Poppy..
Syndra often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Poppy. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Poppy
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Who is Better, Syndra or Poppy?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when taking on Poppy, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate compared to Poppy, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Poppyas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra in order to counter Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically accumulates more CS compared to Poppy. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale 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 numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Poppy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Poppy than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Poppy with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Poppy as Syndra, Syndra players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Syndra vs Poppy face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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