Zoe vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Zoe
based on 723 Zoe vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Poppy Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zoe Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Poppy as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Poppy
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Zoe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Zoe vs. Poppy counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Poppy..
Zoe often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zoe and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Zoe or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when playing against Poppy, with a 43.8% win rate. Thus, Zoe makes a bad counter to Poppy.
While Zoe does have a much lower win rate compared to Poppy, when facing one another, Zoe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Poppy.
Additionally, Zoe also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe 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 team members during team fights.
Zoe is a terribly counter for Poppy. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Poppy.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zoe
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zoe to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe typically picks up more CS compared to Poppy. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Zoe versus Poppy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zoe boasted an average win rate of 43.8% battling Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Poppy as Zoe, Zoe players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Zoe vs Poppy battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 43.8% win rate overall.
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