Pyke vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Pyke
based on 2,302 Pyke vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Poppy
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
Advice to Win Against Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Pyke vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Pyke versus Poppy matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy..
Pyke typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Poppy. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Poppy
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Who is Better, Pyke or Poppy?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when taking on Poppy, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a bad counter to Poppy.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Poppy, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Poppyas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Poppy. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up less CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Pyke versus Poppy build consist of Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 48.7% battling Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Poppy as Pyke, Pyke players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Pyke vs Poppy counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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