Nilah vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Nilah
based on 974 Nilah vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Nilah vs. Poppy matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Poppy..
Nilah typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they receives less damage than Poppy. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Poppy
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Who is Better, Nilah or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Poppy, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate compared to Poppy, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nilah into Poppyas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, 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 Nilah vs Poppy matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nilah is a decent counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah in order to counter Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah most often accumulates more CS relative to Poppy. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Nilah versus Poppy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah combined at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better against Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Poppy with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Poppy as Nilah, Nilah players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nilah vs Poppy counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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