Poppy vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Poppy
based on 2,260 Poppy vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Poppy vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Poppy in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some influential Poppy versus Malphite counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malphite..
Poppy typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Malphite. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Malphite
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Poppy or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when playing against Malphite, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when facing one another, Poppy also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Malphite.
Furthermore, Poppy also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. 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 Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Poppy is a somewhat poor counter for Malphite. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy most often racks up less CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Poppy versus Malphite build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Poppy included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Malphite than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 49.6% battling Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Malphite as Poppy, Poppy players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Poppy vs Malphite matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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