Poppy vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Poppy
based on 1,357 Poppy vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Poppy vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Poppy in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several vital Poppy versus Soraka counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Poppy typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Soraka. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Soraka
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Who is Better, Poppy or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Soraka, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a poor counter for Soraka.
While Poppy does have a lower win rate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Soraka.
Additionally, Poppy has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Poppy is a somewhat poor counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against Soraka.
Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy
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How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Soraka Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Poppy in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy on average gets much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Poppy versus Soraka build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Soraka than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Soraka as Poppy, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Poppy vs Soraka face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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