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

Poppy vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Poppy

based on 2,843 Poppy vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Graves as Poppy resulted from an analysis of 2843 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This matchup is somewhat uncommon. Poppy is forced to battle against Graves in only 4.6% of her matches.

Poppy vs Graves Matchup Summary

Poppy has done a average job of beating Graves. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Poppy versus Graves matches, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Graves.

Best Poppy vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Force of NatureIceborn GauntletDead Man's PlateFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

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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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Graves as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Poppy vs Graves Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Graves Image
4.7
< Kills >
6.9
5.2
< Deaths >
5.9
8.2
< Assists >
7.2
1.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
86
< Minions Killed >
53
0.71
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.47
12,882
< Physical Damage >
17,460
3,645
< Magic Damage >
844
850
< True Damage >
1,751
17,378
< Damage Dealt >
20,056
29,970
< Damage Taken >
30,287
10,509
< Gold Earned >
12,683
1.66
< Towers >
1.67
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
7,889
< Total Healing >
14,136
13,367
< Experience >
14,357
24
< Vision Score >
24
9
< Wards Placed >
6
671
< Time Dealing CC >
504

How to Counter Graves with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some important Poppy against Graves matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Graves..

Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Graves

Who is Better, Poppy or Graves?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when facing off against Graves, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes an ok counter to Graves.

While Poppy does have a higher winrate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Poppy also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Graves.

Furthermore, Poppy also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Poppy is a decent counter for Graves. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy

Poppy Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.2% winrateAnnieAnnie44.1% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench44.9% winrateViktorViktor45.3% winrate

Poppy Wins Against

KennenKennen57.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc56.6% winrateAlistarAlistar56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TrundleTrundle+ 54.6% 2180 GamesTaricTaric+ 54.7% 494 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.2% 2186 GamesOlafOlaf+ 57.3% 321 Games

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Poppy, we analyzed 2,843 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 Graves 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Graves 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 here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy often gets more CS compared to Graves. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Poppy versus Graves build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Graves than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 50.0% battling Graves with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Graves as Poppy, Poppy players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Poppy vs Graves clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.

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