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

Poppy vs Cassiopeia

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Poppy

based on 628 Poppy vs Cassiopeia matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. In our data, Poppy faced Cassiopeia in 628 games. Using so many matchups for Poppy versus Cassiopeia gives us faith in our capacity to produce useful data and a pro build to destroy your opposition. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Poppy encounters Cassiopeia in only 1.0% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a poor job of beating Cassiopeia. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Poppy against Cassiopeia rounds, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Cassiopeia.

Best Poppy vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernHollow RadianceSundered SkyUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
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
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Cassiopeia

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 Cassiopeia

Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.

Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.

Poppy vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Cassiopeia Image
4.8
< Kills >
7.1
5.6
< Deaths >
6.3
8.6
< Assists >
6.5
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
85
< Minions Killed >
179
0.74
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.41
13,458
< Physical Damage >
617
3,511
< Magic Damage >
23,895
885
< True Damage >
306
17,856
< Damage Dealt >
24,819
31,084
< Damage Taken >
28,325
10,686
< Gold Earned >
12,064
1.65
< Towers >
1.96
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,875
< Total Healing >
7,750
13,521
< Experience >
15,557
25
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
9
647
< Time Dealing CC >
485

How to Counter Cassiopeia with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here show several significant Poppy versus Cassiopeia matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Cassiopeia..

Poppy typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Cassiopeia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Cassiopeia

Who is Better, Poppy or Cassiopeia?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when trying to fight Cassiopeia, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes a poor counter for Cassiopeia.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate than Cassiopeia, when facing one another, Poppy also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Poppy into Cassiopeia.

Moreover, Poppy has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. 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 in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a terribly counter for Cassiopeia. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Cassiopeia.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Cassiopeia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Cassiopeia as Poppy, we analyzed 628 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 Cassiopeia 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 truly master Poppy in order to counter Cassiopeia during both the lane 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy on average accumulates less CS relative to Cassiopeia. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Poppy versus Cassiopeia build consist of Thornmail, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Cassiopeia than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Cassiopeia with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Cassiopeia as Poppy, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Poppy vs Cassiopeia matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.

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