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

Poppy vs Rakan

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

based on 2,065 Poppy vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our dataset, Poppy engaged Rakan 2065 times. Having so many games with Poppy vs Rakan gives us faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to suppress your opponent. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Poppy is forced to battle against Rakan in only 3.3% of her matches.

Poppy vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Poppy has done a decent job of beating Rakan. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.0% of the time the champions face each other in. In Poppy versus Rakan games, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Poppy vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

TrailblazerFrozen HeartDead Man's PlateHollow Radiance

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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Guide to Countering Rakan as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Poppy vs Rakan Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Rakan Image
4.6
< Kills >
1.5
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
9.3
< Assists >
14.5
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
0.23
79
< Minions Killed >
32
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.45
12,901
< Physical Damage >
1,258
3,635
< Magic Damage >
4,984
864
< True Damage >
797
17,401
< Damage Dealt >
7,039
29,357
< Damage Taken >
20,541
10,414
< Gold Earned >
8,274
1.7
< Towers >
1.74
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,660
< Total Healing >
6,160
13,051
< Experience >
10,307
26
< Vision Score >
66
10
< Wards Placed >
32
659
< Time Dealing CC >
174

How to Counter Rakan with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown on this page show some vital Poppy against Rakan matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Poppy normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Rakan. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Rakan

Who is Better, Poppy or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when facing off against Rakan, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a good counter for Rakan.

While Poppy does have a higher win rate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Rakan.

Additionally, Poppy has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Rakan matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Poppy is a decent counter to Rakan. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Rakan.

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 Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Poppy, we analyzed 2,065 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 Rakan 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

If you would like to truly master Poppy in order to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy most often gets more CS relative to Rakan. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Poppy versus Rakan build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better versus Rakan than with many other common builds. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Rakan 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 used for Poppy vs Rakan matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.

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