Malzahar vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Malzahar
based on 1,864 Malzahar vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Poppy
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Malzahar against Poppy matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Poppy. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Poppy
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Poppy?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when trying to fight Poppy, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a great counter for Poppy.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate than Poppy, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Poppy.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Poppy matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Poppy. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar 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 tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar usually gets more CS relative to Poppy. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Malzahar versus Poppy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Poppy than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 53.5% battling Poppy with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Poppy as Malzahar, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Malzahar vs Poppy battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.5% win rate overall.
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