Akshan vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Akshan
based on 1,165 Akshan vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Poppy
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Akshan vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several vital Akshan vs. Poppy matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between this set of champions. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Poppy. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. On average, they takes less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Poppy
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Who is Better, Akshan or Poppy?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually loses when playing against Poppy, with a 45.8% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a bad counter for Poppy.
While Akshan does have a much lower winrate compared to Poppy, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Poppy.
Moreover, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a bad counter to Poppy. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average racks up more CS compared to Poppy. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Akshan versus Poppy build consist of Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Poppy than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 45.8% when countering Poppy with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Poppy as Akshan, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Akshan vs Poppy fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.8% win rate overall.
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