Irelia vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Irelia
based on 1,716 Irelia vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Poppy
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Irelia vs. Poppy matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Poppy. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in deaths.
Irelia typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Poppy
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Who is Better, Irelia or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when facing off against Poppy, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a bad counter for Poppy.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Poppy, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Poppy.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Poppy. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Poppy.
Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia
Additional Information for Irelia Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia in order 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 shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average racks up more CS relative to Poppy. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 ideal items to use in your Irelia versus Poppy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Poppy than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Poppy as Irelia, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Irelia vs Poppy fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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