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How to Synergize Akali with Poppy on the Same TeamAkali is in the a tier of champions

Akali with Poppy

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How to Synergize Akali and Poppy

based on 3,660 Akali with Poppy pairs
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.35
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Akali has fought alongside Poppy in 3660 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the publishers of LoL, we feel confident that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Akali synergize with Poppy. It is relatively rare for Akali to play alongside Poppy on the same side. This has only taken place in approximately 1.6% of rounds with Akali.

Akali Poppy Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a below average job of teaming up with Poppy. Typically, she wins an acceptable 49.3% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Akali when playing alongside Poppy by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassLich BaneShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
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Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Poppy

Tips for Playing as Akali with Poppy

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Poppy Will Play

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Akali Poppy Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Poppy Image
9.5
< Kills >
9
6.2
< Deaths >
6
5.1
< Assists >
5.1
2.14
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
157
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,372
< Physical Damage >
1,335
22,682
< Magic Damage >
21,516
768
< True Damage >
759
24,822
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
27,450
< Damage Taken >
26,832
12,050
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.48
< Towers >
1.46
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,358
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,537
< Experience >
14,415
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
74
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Poppy as Akali in LoL

The Akali Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Poppy. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Poppy helps Akali perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Akali plays on the same team as Poppy, she sees a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This may signal that Poppy helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Poppy on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Poppy.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Poppy on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Poppy does a poor job of protecting Akali during team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Poppy

Is Akali better when played alongside Poppy?

There is no perfect companion for Akali that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. Yet, Poppy is a very typical companion for Akali. By playing on the same team as Akali, she increases their win rate by 0.2% to 49.3%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Akali and Poppy that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Poppy has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means Akali players don't need to be careful when finding Poppy allies to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

Working cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by grouping Akali and Poppy together, you will not be giving your other allies very much magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Poppy ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Poppy Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Poppy, we analyzed 3,660 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Poppy comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Akali to work well with Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to have in your Akali and Poppy synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Poppy than with most other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 49.3% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Poppy with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Akali and Poppy pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Akali and Poppy synergy tips and builds for a an individual player tier, please choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies displayed are computed using all rounds played with these champs.