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How to Synergize Poppy with Nidalee on the Same TeamPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy with Nidalee

How to Win With Poppy and Nidalee Paired TogetherPoppy is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Poppy and Nidalee

based on 272 Poppy with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
39 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each week. Poppy has gone into battle with Nidalee in 272 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much great data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we are confident that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Poppy synergize with Nidalee. It is very rare for Poppy to play with Nidalee on the same side. This has only taken place in approx. 0.4% of rounds with Poppy.

Poppy Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Nidalee. On average, she wins a poor 39.0% of rounds the champs try and work together in. If you want to play better as Poppy when playing alongside Nidalee by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairSunfire AegisHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
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Second ability for Poppy to level upe
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Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashBone PlatingRevitalize
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryTime Warp Tonic
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Nidalee

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Advice to Understand How Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Poppy Nidalee Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
39 %
VS
Win Rate
61 %
Nidalee Image
4.6
< Kills >
4.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.5
8
< Assists >
8.6
1.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
119
< Minions Killed >
82
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.42
14,002
< Physical Damage >
13,113
4,429
< Magic Damage >
3,593
752
< True Damage >
907
19,184
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
31,226
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,410
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.56
< Towers >
1.63
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
5,473
< Total Healing >
7,914
13,643
< Experience >
13,394
24
< Vision Score >
24
11
< Wards Placed >
9
618
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Nidalee as Poppy in LoL

The Poppy Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Poppy sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nidalee. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nidalee helps Poppy perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Poppy is an ally to Nidalee, she observes a noticable increase in her complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Nidalee supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played together with Nidalee on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Nidalee. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Nidalee.

Additionally, when Poppy plays with Nidalee on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Nidalee does a poor job of protecting Poppy in team fights.

Synergies between Poppy and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Nidalee

Is Poppy better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no top companion for Poppy that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. However, Nidalee is a very bad companion for Poppy. By playing on the same side as Poppy, she lowers their win rate by -10.7% to 39.0%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Poppy and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Nidalee has a greater difficulty than Poppy. That means you need to be very careful when finding Nidalee comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Poppy and Nidalee together, you will not be giving your other allies much AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Nidalee ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Nidalee, we analyzed 272 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Poppy with Nidalee comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Poppy in order to pair well with Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Poppy and Nidalee synergy build include Thornmail, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Nidalee than with many other common builds. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 39.0% when playing alongside Nidalee with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Poppy and Nidalee pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 39.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Nidalee with Poppy are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.