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

Poppy vs Olaf

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

based on 560 Poppy vs Olaf matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our database, Poppy engaged Olaf in 560 matches. Having so many games with Poppy vs Olaf gives us faith in our capability to provide actionable stats and a solid build to defeat your opponent. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Poppy has to counter Olaf in only 0.9% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Olaf Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a poor job of countering Olaf. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.6% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Poppy vs Olaf rounds, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Olaf.

Best Poppy vs Olaf Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateKaenic RookernUnending DespairSundered Sky

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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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 Olaf as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Olaf

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 Olaf

Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.

Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.

Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.

Poppy vs Olaf Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Olaf Image
5
< Kills >
6.5
5.6
< Deaths >
6.8
8.9
< Assists >
4.8
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
76
< Minions Killed >
155
0.75
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.46
12,352
< Physical Damage >
15,709
3,191
< Magic Damage >
101
848
< True Damage >
6,026
16,392
< Damage Dealt >
21,837
28,956
< Damage Taken >
30,789
10,403
< Gold Earned >
11,948
1.61
< Towers >
2.57
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,552
< Total Healing >
14,190
13,021
< Experience >
14,329
23
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
616
< Time Dealing CC >
330

How to Counter Olaf with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some significant Poppy against Olaf counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Olaf

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Olaf
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Olaf

Who is Better, Poppy or Olaf?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when playing against Olaf, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes a bad counter for Olaf.

While Poppy does have a lower winrate than Olaf, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Olaf.

Furthermore, Poppy also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a somewhat poor counter to Olaf. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Olaf.

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 Olaf Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Olaf as Poppy, we analyzed 560 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 Olaf 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 in order to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy usually accumulates less CS relative to Olaf. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Poppy versus Olaf build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Olaf than with many other common item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 48.6% battling Olaf with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Olaf as Poppy, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Poppy vs Olaf battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Poppy are displayed for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.