Yasuo vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Yasuo
based on 4,456 Yasuo vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Poppy
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Yasuo versus Poppy matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy..
Yasuo usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Poppy. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Poppy
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Poppy?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when taking on Poppy, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Poppyas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Poppy matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo in order to counter Poppy during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often gets more CS as Poppy. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require 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, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Yasuo versus Poppy build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Poppy than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Poppy as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Yasuo vs Poppy fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
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