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

Poppy with Irelia

How to Win With Poppy and Irelia Paired TogetherPoppy is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Poppy and Irelia

based on 1,178 Poppy with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Poppy has been on the same team as Irelia in 1178 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much great data straight from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Poppy play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Poppy to play alongside Irelia on the same side. This has only happened in about 1.9% of games with Poppy.

Poppy Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a below average job of teaming up with Irelia. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.0% of matches the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Poppy when fighting on the same team as Irelia by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Force of NatureDead Man's PlateIceborn GauntletSundered Sky

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
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Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Irelia

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 Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Poppy Irelia Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
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4.5
< Kills >
4.9
5.5
< Deaths >
5.5
8.3
< Assists >
8.6
1
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
59
< Minions Killed >
82
0.88
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
11,644
< Physical Damage >
13,113
2,904
< Magic Damage >
3,593
899
< True Damage >
907
15,447
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
28,862
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,134
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.47
< Towers >
1.63
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
8,155
< Total Healing >
7,914
12,660
< Experience >
13,394
26
< Vision Score >
24
10
< Wards Placed >
9
630
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Irelia as Poppy in LoL

The Poppy Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Irelia helps Poppy perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Poppy plays on the same team as Irelia, she sees a moderate decrease in her full damage dealt. This change may signal that Irelia does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played alongside Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Irelia.

Additionally, when Poppy plays with Irelia on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Poppy in teamfights.

Synergies between Poppy and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Irelia

Is Poppy better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no top synergy for Poppy that will no matter what be her top synergy. However, Irelia is a very typical ally for Poppy. By playing on the same team as Poppy, she lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 49.0%. This signals that there is a weak synergy between Poppy and Irelia that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Irelia has a lower difficulty than Poppy. That means Poppy players don't need to be careful when arranging Irelia comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by grouping Poppy and Irelia together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Irelia ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Irelia, we analyzed 1,178 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 Irelia 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 Poppy in order to synergize with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to use in your Poppy and Irelia synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Irelia than with many other common builds. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 49.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Irelia with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip 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 we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.

If you want to see Poppy with Irelia collaboration tips and stats for a an individual skill level, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all games played with both champions.