Poppy vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Poppy
based on 3,980 Poppy vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Akali
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Poppy vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Poppy in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Poppy vs. Akali counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Poppy usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Akali
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Who is Better, Poppy or Akali?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when taking on Akali, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a good counter to Akali.
While Poppy does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Akali.
Moreover, Poppy also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Akali matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Poppy is a decent counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Poppy in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy usually racks up less CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Akali build consist of Unending Despair, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 51.9% when countering Akali with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Akali as Poppy, Poppy players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Poppy vs Akali battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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