Alistar vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Alistar
based on 646 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 Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
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.
Advice to Win Against Poppy
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
Alistar vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Alistar against Poppy matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy..
Alistar usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Poppy
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Who is Better, Alistar or Poppy?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when playing against Poppy, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Alistar does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Poppyas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Poppy matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Alistar is a decent counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like 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 continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar on average accumulates less CS as Poppy. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Poppy build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Alistar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Poppy than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when countering Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Poppy as Alistar, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Alistar vs Poppy face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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