Janna vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Janna
based on 1,587 Janna vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Poppy Counter Build
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Core Janna Items
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Poppy
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
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.
Janna vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Janna vs. Poppy matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Janna typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Poppy. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Poppy
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Who is Better, Janna or Poppy?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when facing off against Poppy, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Janna makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Poppy, when facing one another, Janna also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Janna into Poppyas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Poppy matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter for Poppy. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Poppy. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Janna versus Poppy build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Janna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Poppy than with most other typical builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Poppy with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Poppy as Janna, Janna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Janna vs Poppy fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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