Poppy vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Poppy
based on 2,560 Poppy vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Poppy vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Poppy in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Poppy against Maokai counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai..
Poppy usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Poppy and Maokai
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Who is Better, Poppy or Maokai?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when playing against Maokai, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Poppy does have a lower winrate compared to Maokai, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Poppy into Maokai.
Additionally, Poppy has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Poppy is a terribly counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Maokai.
Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy most often accumulates more CS relative to Maokai. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Maokai build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Maokai than with most other typical builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Maokai with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Maokai as Poppy, Poppy players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Poppy vs Maokai matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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