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How to Win K'Sante vs Poppy Counter MatchupK'Sante is in the a tier of champions

K'Sante vs Poppy

How to Beat Poppy as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Poppy as K'Sante

based on 1,192 K'Sante vs Poppy matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
1.86
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, K'Sante battled Poppy in 1192 rounds. Using so many games with K'Sante versus Poppy provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare useful data and a solid build to shatter your enemy. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. K'Sante fights Poppy in only 2.0% of their games.

K'Sante vs Poppy Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante has done a pathetic job of beating Poppy. Normally, they wins a lowly 46.6% of games the champs face one another in. In K'Sante vs Poppy games, K'Sante’s side is 0.2% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that they probably won't get first blood versus Poppy.

Best K'Sante vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernUnending DespairHollow RadianceThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for K'Sante to level upq
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Second ability for K'Sante to level upw
>
Last skill for K'Sante to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
K'Sante's passive ability p
K'Sante's q ability q
K'Sante's w ability w
K'Sante's e ability e
K'Sante's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Poppy as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Poppy

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

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.

K'Sante vs Poppy Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Poppy Image
4.3
< Kills >
5
5.7
< Deaths >
5.2
6.3
< Assists >
8.5
0.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
167
< Minions Killed >
96
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.62
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.43
13,402
< Physical Damage >
14,182
3,533
< Magic Damage >
4,415
1,607
< True Damage >
878
18,543
< Damage Dealt >
19,475
31,870
< Damage Taken >
30,463
10,710
< Gold Earned >
10,659
2.04
< Towers >
1.76
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,991
< Total Healing >
7,784
14,504
< Experience >
13,615
15
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,103
< Time Dealing CC >
677

How to Counter Poppy with K'Sante in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable K'Sante against Poppy counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Poppy..

K'Sante normally has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between K'Sante and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Poppy

Who is Better, K'Sante or Poppy?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when playing against Poppy, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a poor counter to Poppy.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate than Poppy, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Poppyas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, K'Sante has some 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

K'Sante is a garbage counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as K'Sante against Poppy.

Other Champion Matchups Against K'Sante

K'Sante Loses Against

LilliaLillia40.7% winrateKledKled42.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser42.5% winrateIllaoiIllaoi42.9% winrate

K'Sante Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee56.2% winrateZeriZeri53.6% winrateLuluLulu53.1% winrateZoeZoe52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 54.1% 255 GamesUrgotUrgot+ 55.9% 111 GamesFioraFiora+ 57% 151 GamesKledKled+ 62.5% 104 Games

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

How We Calculated Our K'Sante vs Poppy Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Poppy as K'Sante, we analyzed 1,192 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Poppy as K'Sante comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

K'Sante Build Poppy Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante most often accumulates more CS relative to Poppy. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your K'Sante versus Poppy build include Sunfire Aegis, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Poppy with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Poppy as K'Sante, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for K'Sante vs Poppy counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Poppy as K'Sante are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.