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

Poppy vs Yorick

How to Beat Yorick as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yorick as Poppy

based on 1,204 Poppy vs Yorick matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL games that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Yorick as Poppy resulted from an evaluation of 1204 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Poppy fights Yorick in only 2.0% of her games.

Poppy vs Yorick Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a poor job of beating Yorick. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Poppy versus Yorick rounds, Poppy’s side is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood versus Yorick.

Best Poppy vs Yorick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Iceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernHollow Radiance

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
>
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 Yorick as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Yorick

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 Yorick

You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.

You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.

Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.

Poppy vs Yorick Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Yorick Image
4.5
< Kills >
4.2
5.1
< Deaths >
5.3
8
< Assists >
4.4
1.02
< Killing Sprees >
0.94
74
< Minions Killed >
186
0.79
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.83
11,936
< Physical Damage >
13,590
2,949
< Magic Damage >
7,509
888
< True Damage >
488
15,774
< Damage Dealt >
21,587
29,227
< Damage Taken >
27,786
10,249
< Gold Earned >
12,305
1.46
< Towers >
3.57
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
8,190
< Total Healing >
7,421
13,075
< Experience >
15,277
24
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
705
< Time Dealing CC >
210

How to Counter Yorick with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Poppy against Yorick counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yorick..

Poppy often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Yorick. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Yorick

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Yorick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Yorick

Who is Better, Poppy or Yorick?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Yorick, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a bad counter to Yorick.

While Poppy does have a lower winrate than Yorick, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Poppy into Yorick.

Additionally, Poppy also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Poppy is a terribly counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Yorick.

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 Yorick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yorick as Poppy, we analyzed 1,204 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 Yorick 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

Poppy Build Yorick Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Poppy to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy typically accumulates less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Yorick build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Yorick than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Yorick with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Yorick 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Poppy vs Yorick matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yorick as Poppy are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.