Alistar vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Alistar
based on 1,207 Alistar vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Poppy
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
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.
Alistar vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Alistar against Poppy matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy..
Alistar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Alistar or Poppy?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when playing against Poppy, with a 43.7% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a poor counter for Poppy.
While Alistar does have a much lower winrate compared to Poppy, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Alistar into Poppyas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Alistar is a trash counter for Poppy. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often picks up less CS compared to Poppy. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Alistar versus Poppy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Poppy than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 43.7% when playing against Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Poppy as Alistar, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Alistar vs Poppy clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Poppy as Alistar are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.