Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Twitch against Poppy matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Poppy. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Twitch typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Twitch usually wins when trying to fight Poppy, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Twitch makes a good counter to Poppy.
While Twitch does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when facing one another, Twitch also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Twitch into Poppy.
Moreover, Twitch also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Poppy matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Twitch is a decent counter to Poppy. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Twitch against Poppy.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Twitch to counter Poppy during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch typically racks up more CS as Poppy. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Poppy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Twitch combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Poppy than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Twitch boasted an average win rate of 51.8% battling Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Poppy as Twitch, Twitch players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Twitch vs Poppy battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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