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How to Synergize Poppy with Illaoi on the Same TeamPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Poppy and Illaoi

based on 659 Poppy with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Poppy has been on the same team as Illaoi in 659 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Poppy play with Illaoi. It is very rare for Poppy to play with Illaoi as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.1% of matches with Poppy.

Poppy Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Illaoi. On average, she wins a lowly 47.8% of rounds the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Poppy when playing alongside Illaoi by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateSundered SkyKaenic RookernUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Illaoi

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.

Advice to Understand How Illaoi Will Play

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.

Poppy Illaoi Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Illaoi Image
4.8
< Kills >
4.9
5.6
< Deaths >
5.5
8.6
< Assists >
8.6
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
32
< Minions Killed >
82
1.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
11,536
< Physical Damage >
13,113
2,533
< Magic Damage >
3,593
1,108
< True Damage >
907
15,178
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
30,359
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,400
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.27
< Towers >
1.63
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
10,239
< Total Healing >
7,914
12,490
< Experience >
13,394
27
< Vision Score >
24
10
< Wards Placed >
9
634
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Illaoi as Poppy in LoL

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

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

When Poppy plays on the same team as Illaoi, she gets a noticable drop in her complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Illaoi does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played alongside Illaoi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Illaoi.

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

Synergies between Poppy and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Illaoi

Is Poppy better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Poppy that will no matter what be her top ally. However, overall, Illaoi is a not very good companion for Poppy. By locking into the same team as Poppy, she lowers their win rate by -1.9% to 47.8%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Poppy and Illaoi that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Poppy. That means Poppy players don't need to be cautious when finding Illaoi comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, Poppy players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Poppy and Illaoi together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much magic damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Illaoi teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Illaoi, 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 Poppy with Illaoi 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

To truly master Poppy to pair well with Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to build first in your Poppy and Illaoi synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Illaoi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 47.8% helping carry Illaoi with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Poppy and Illaoi synergy tips and builds for a a specific division, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all matches finished with these champs.