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How to Synergize Illaoi with Poppy on the Same TeamIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi with Poppy

How to Win With Illaoi and Poppy Paired TogetherIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Illaoi and Poppy

based on 659 Illaoi with Poppy pairs
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
1.43
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Illaoi has gone into battle with Poppy in 659 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much great data from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Illaoi play with Poppy. It is very rare for Illaoi to play alongside Poppy as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 0.9% of rounds with Illaoi.

Illaoi Poppy Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi does a poor job of playing alongside Poppy. Typically, she wins a dismal 47.8% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Illaoi when playing alongside Poppy by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreakerSpirit VisageSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Poppy

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Poppy

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi Poppy Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Poppy Image
5.5
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.2
< Assists >
4.4
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
190
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.57
24,801
< Physical Damage >
24,827
848
< Magic Damage >
835
432
< True Damage >
407
26,082
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
35,983
< Damage Taken >
35,928
12,025
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.72
< Towers >
2.79
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,925
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,224
< Experience >
15,333
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
449
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Poppy as Illaoi in LoL

The Illaoi 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, Illaoi sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Poppy. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Poppy helps Illaoi perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Illaoi is an ally to Poppy, she sees a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Poppy supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played together with Poppy on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Poppy. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Poppy.

Moreover, when Illaoi plays with Poppy on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Poppy does a poor job of protecting Illaoi in teamfights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Poppy

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Poppy?

There is no ideal ally for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. However, Poppy is a relatively poor companion for Illaoi. By locking into the same team as Illaoi, she decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 47.8%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Illaoi and Poppy that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Poppy has a greater difficulty than Illaoi. That means Illaoi players must be very careful when lining up Poppy teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Working together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Illaoi and Poppy together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough AP. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Poppy teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Poppy Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Poppy, we analyzed 659 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 Illaoi 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 learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to work well with Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Illaoi and Poppy synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Poppy than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 47.8% helping carry Poppy with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Illaoi and Poppy pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.

If you want to see Illaoi and Poppy collaboration tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using all matches run with both champions.