Zilean vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Zilean
based on 667 Zilean vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Poppy Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zilean Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Poppy
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Zilean versus Poppy counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Poppy. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Zilean or Poppy?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Poppy, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter to Poppy.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Poppy.
Additionally, Zilean also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Poppy matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter to Poppy. Make sure you 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 Zilean against Poppy.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
Additional Information for Zilean Players
How We Calculated Our Zilean vs Poppy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually gets less CS as Poppy. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zilean versus Poppy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Poppy than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Poppy with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Poppy as Zilean, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zilean vs Poppy matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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