Xerath with Poppy
How to Synergize Xerath and Poppy
based on 2,418 Xerath with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Poppy
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Poppy. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Poppy helps Xerath perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Poppy, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Poppy helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Poppy on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Poppy. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Poppy.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Poppy on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Poppy does a poor job of covering Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Poppy
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no top champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, Poppy is a very typical ally for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, she raises their win rate by 0.1% to 50.7%. This demonstrates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Xerath and Poppy that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Poppy has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Poppy teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Xerath and Poppy together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much AD. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Poppy ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath in order to work well with Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to include in your Xerath and Poppy synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Poppy than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Poppy with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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