Poppy vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Poppy
based on 4,456 Poppy vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Poppy vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Poppy in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several influential Poppy vs. Yasuo matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Poppy typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Poppy or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when playing against Yasuo, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes an ok counter for Yasuo.
While Poppy does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Yasuo.
Moreover, Poppy has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Poppy is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy most often racks up less CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Poppy versus Yasuo build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Randuin's Omen. When Poppy included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Yasuo than with most other typical builds. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Yasuo 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 Yasuo counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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