Heimerdinger vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Heimerdinger
based on 808 Heimerdinger vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Poppy
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Heimerdinger vs. Poppy matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy..
Heimerdinger often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Poppy
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Poppy?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when playing against Poppy, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Poppy.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Poppyas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Poppy matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically picks up more CS as Poppy. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Poppy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Poppy than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Poppy with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Poppy as Heimerdinger, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Heimerdinger vs Poppy clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.
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