Samira vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Samira
based on 2,997 Samira vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Samira
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.
Samira vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Samira in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Samira versus Poppy counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Poppy. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Samira usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Poppy
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Who is Better, Samira or Poppy?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when playing against Poppy, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Samira makes an ok counter to Poppy.
While Samira does have a lower win rate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Samira into Poppy.
Furthermore, Samira also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Poppy. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to counter Poppy 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira most often picks up more CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Samira versus Poppy build include Infinity Edge, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Poppy than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Poppy with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Poppy as Samira, Samira players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Samira vs Poppy counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Poppy as Samira are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.