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How to Win Poppy vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Poppy

based on 2,590 Poppy vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our database, Poppy faced Kai'Sa 2590 times. Using so many games with Poppy versus Kai'Sa provides us confidence in our capability to prepare useful stats and a solid build to wreck your rival. This champ pairing is somewhat uncommon. Poppy encounters Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of her games.

Poppy vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Poppy does a good job of beating Kai'Sa. Normally, she wins a whopping 53.2% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Poppy against Kai'Sa matches, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Poppy vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairKaenic RookernSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanTrinity ForceSundered SkyDead Man's Plate

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Poppy vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Kai'Sa Image
4.8
< Kills >
7.7
5.4
< Deaths >
6.3
8.8
< Assists >
6.2
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
79
< Minions Killed >
182
0.73
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.47
12,693
< Physical Damage >
12,652
3,458
< Magic Damage >
8,256
883
< True Damage >
451
17,035
< Damage Dealt >
21,359
29,504
< Damage Taken >
20,182
10,539
< Gold Earned >
12,586
1.69
< Towers >
2.12
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,674
< Total Healing >
4,423
13,296
< Experience >
12,762
25
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
654
< Time Dealing CC >
49

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several significant Poppy vs. Kai'Sa matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champions. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kai'Sa..

Poppy normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Poppy or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a great counter to Kai'Sa.

While Poppy does have a higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Poppy into Kai'Sa.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Kai'Sa matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Poppy is a great counter for Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Kai'Sa.

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 Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Poppy, we analyzed 2,590 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 Kai'Sa 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy most often picks up less CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Poppy versus Kai'Sa build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Poppy bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 53.2% when playing against Kai'Sa with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Kai'Sa 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 runes we have analyed for Poppy vs Kai'Sa counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Poppy are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.