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

Poppy with Kalista

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

based on 575 Poppy with Kalista pairs
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Poppy has fought alongside Kalista in 575 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data directly from the developers of League, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Poppy synergize with Kalista. It is very rare for Poppy to play alongside Kalista as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 0.9% of matches with Poppy.

Poppy Kalista Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Kalista. Usually, she wins a dismal 45.0% of matches the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Poppy when fighting on the same team as Kalista by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernSundered SkySunfire AegisUnending 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
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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
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Kalista

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Kalista

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 Kalista Will Play

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.

Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.

Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

Poppy Kalista Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
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4.3
< Kills >
4.9
5.4
< Deaths >
5.5
8.5
< Assists >
8.6
0.99
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
81
< Minions Killed >
82
0.57
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.42
12,397
< Physical Damage >
13,113
3,293
< Magic Damage >
3,593
834
< True Damage >
907
16,525
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
28,391
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,045
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.54
< Towers >
1.63
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
7,032
< Total Healing >
7,914
12,733
< Experience >
13,394
24
< Vision Score >
24
9
< Wards Placed >
9
631
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Kalista as Poppy in LoL

The Poppy Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 Kalista. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kalista helps Poppy perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Poppy plays on the same team as Kalista, she gets a little drop in her full damage output. This difference could indicate that Kalista does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played with Kalista 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 synergisticly with Kalista.

Additionally, when Poppy plays with Kalista on the same team, she often receives less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Kalista does a decent job of covering Poppy during teamfights.

Synergies between Poppy and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Kalista

Is Poppy better when played alongside Kalista?

There is no one best synergy for Poppy that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, Kalista is a very bad ally for Poppy. By being on the same side as Poppy, she drops their win rate by -4.7% to 45.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad synergy between Poppy and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Kalista has a greater difficulty than Poppy. That means Poppy players should be cautious when arranging Kalista allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

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

In contrast, by bringing Poppy and Kalista together, you will not be providing your other teammates enough magic damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Kalista Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Kalista, we analyzed 575 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 Kalista 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 Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to use in your Poppy and Kalista synergy build include Thornmail, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy bought at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Kalista than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 45.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kalista with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Poppy and Kalista pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.0% win rate overall.

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