Viktor vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Viktor
based on 880 Viktor vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Poppy Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Viktor Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Poppy
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Viktor versus Poppy counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy..
Viktor usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Poppy. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Viktor or Poppy?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when trying to fight Poppy, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a great counter for Poppy.
While Viktor does have a much higher winrate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Viktor into Poppyas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This often 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 Viktor vs Poppy matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Viktor is a great counter to Poppy. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Poppy.
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Additional Information for Viktor Players
How We Calculated Our Viktor vs Poppy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor in order to counter Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor typically picks up more CS compared to Poppy. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Viktor versus Poppy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Poppy than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 54.7% when playing against Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Poppy as Viktor, Viktor players should equip 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 that we analyzed for Viktor vs Poppy counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.7% winrate overall.
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