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How to Synergize Poppy with Nunu & Willump on the Same TeamPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy with Nunu & Willump

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

based on 761 Poppy with Nunu & Willump pairs
Win Rate
43.6 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Poppy has fought alongside Nunu & Willump in 761 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much great data directly from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Poppy synergize with Nunu & Willump. It is very rare for Poppy to play with Nunu & Willump as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.2% of rounds with Poppy.

Poppy Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a terrible job of playing alongside Nunu & Willump. Typically, she wins a lowly 43.6% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Poppy when playing alongside Nunu & Willump by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernIceborn GauntletHeartsteel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashBone PlatingRevitalize
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryTime Warp Tonic
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
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Nunu & Willump

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 Nunu & Willump Will Play

Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.

You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.

It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.

Poppy Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
43.6 %
VS
Win Rate
56.4 %
Nunu & Willump Image
4.8
< Kills >
4.9
5.7
< Deaths >
5.5
8
< Assists >
8.6
1.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
124
< Minions Killed >
82
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.42
14,446
< Physical Damage >
13,113
4,481
< Magic Damage >
3,593
715
< True Damage >
907
19,643
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
29,918
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,380
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.86
< Towers >
1.63
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,752
< Total Healing >
7,914
13,535
< Experience >
13,394
26
< Vision Score >
24
12
< Wards Placed >
9
586
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Poppy in LoL

The Poppy Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, 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 Nunu & Willump. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nunu & Willump helps Poppy perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Poppy is an ally to Nunu & Willump, she observes a noticable increase in her full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Nunu & Willump provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played together with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, when Poppy plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of covering Poppy in teamfights.

Synergies between Poppy and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Nunu & Willump

Is Poppy better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Poppy that will always be her best ally. Yet, Nunu & Willump is a terrible companion for Poppy. By being on the same side as Poppy, he lowers their win rate by -6.1% to 43.6%. This proves that there is a very bad bond between Poppy and Nunu & Willump that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Poppy. That means Poppy players don't need to be careful when finding Nunu & Willump allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting together, Poppy players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Although, by aligning Poppy and Nunu & Willump together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their potential.

Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Nunu & Willump Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 761 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 Nunu & Willump 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 learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to work well with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to have in your Poppy and Nunu & Willump synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy used at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 43.6% helping carry Nunu & Willump with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.6% win rate overall.

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