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How to Win Poppy vs Azir Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Azir

How to Beat Azir as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Azir as Poppy

based on 1,134 Poppy vs Azir matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.69
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Azir as Poppy resulted from an evaluation of 1134 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Poppy encounters Azir in only 1.8% of her games.

Poppy vs Azir Matchup Summary

Poppy does a decent job of countering Azir. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Poppy versus Azir rounds, Poppy’s side is 0.2% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood versus Azir.

Best Poppy vs Azir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairKaenic RookernSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The ProteanFrozen HeartThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
>
Second ability for Poppy to level upe
>
Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Azir as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Azir

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 Azir

Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.

Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.

Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.

Poppy vs Azir Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Azir Image
5
< Kills >
6
5.1
< Deaths >
5.9
8.7
< Assists >
5.9
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
85
< Minions Killed >
191
0.75
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.51
13,063
< Physical Damage >
619
3,415
< Magic Damage >
23,112
867
< True Damage >
536
17,346
< Damage Dealt >
24,267
29,731
< Damage Taken >
21,448
10,612
< Gold Earned >
12,066
2.05
< Towers >
2.27
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,944
< Total Healing >
2,893
13,493
< Experience >
14,813
24
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
9
660
< Time Dealing CC >
170

How to Counter Azir with Poppy in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some vital Poppy versus Azir counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Azir..

Poppy typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Azir

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Azir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Azir

Who is Better, Poppy or Azir?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually wins when playing against Azir, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a good counter for Azir.

While Poppy does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Poppy also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Azir.

Furthermore, Poppy also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Azir matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Poppy is a decent counter to Azir. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Azir.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Azir Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Azir as Poppy, we analyzed 1,134 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 Azir as Poppy 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy on average racks up less CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Poppy versus Azir build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Poppy used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Azir than with most other common builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Azir with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Azir as Poppy, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Poppy vs Azir clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.

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