Rek'Sai vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Rek'Sai
based on 315 Rek'Sai vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Poppy Counter Build
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Core Rek'Sai Items
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Poppy
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Rek'Sai versus Poppy counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Poppy..
Rek'Sai often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Poppy. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when trying to fight Poppy, with a 44.1% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter for Poppy.
While Rek'Sai does have a much lower winrate than Poppy, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Poppy.
Moreover, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a trash counter for Poppy. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai often picks up less CS compared to Poppy. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Poppy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Poppy than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 44.1% when playing against Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Poppy as Rek'Sai, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Poppy clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.1% winrate overall.
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