Draven vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Draven
based on 1,983 Draven vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Poppy
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Draven in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Draven against Poppy matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Draven normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Poppy. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Poppy
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Who is Better, Draven or Poppy?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Poppy, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter to Poppy.
While Draven does have a lower winrate compared to Poppy, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Draven into Poppyas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter for Poppy. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically accumulates more CS as Poppy. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Draven versus Poppy build consist of Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Draven combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Poppy than with many other common builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Poppy as Draven, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Draven vs Poppy LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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