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Poppy with Soraka

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How to Synergize Poppy and Soraka

based on 1,311 Poppy with Soraka pairs
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Poppy has fought alongside Soraka in 1311 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Poppy play with Soraka. It is relatively rare for Poppy to play alongside Soraka as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in about 2.1% of games with Poppy.

Poppy Soraka Synergy Summary

Poppy has done a decent job of synergizing with Soraka. On average, she wins an acceptable 51.5% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Poppy when playing alongside Soraka by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Soraka Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Iceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The ProteanSundered SkyKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Soraka

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Soraka

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 Soraka Will Play

Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.

You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.

Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.

Poppy Soraka Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Soraka Image
5
< Kills >
4.9
4.9
< Deaths >
5.5
8
< Assists >
8.6
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
85
< Minions Killed >
82
0.81
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,603
< Physical Damage >
13,113
3,914
< Magic Damage >
3,593
899
< True Damage >
907
18,417
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
31,873
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,529
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.75
< Towers >
1.63
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
7,953
< Total Healing >
7,914
13,300
< Experience >
13,394
20
< Vision Score >
24
7
< Wards Placed >
9
711
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Soraka as Poppy in LoL

The Poppy Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Soraka helps Poppy perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Poppy is an ally to Soraka, she gets a small increase in her full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Soraka provides protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played alongside Soraka on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Soraka. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Soraka.

Moreover, when Poppy plays with Soraka on the same side, she on average takes more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Poppy in team fights.

Synergies between Poppy and Soraka

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Soraka
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Soraka

Is Poppy better when played alongside Soraka?

There is no top ally for Poppy that will 100% of the time be her #1 teammate. Yet, Soraka is a decent ally for Poppy. By locking into the same side as Poppy, she improves their win rate by 1.8% to 51.5%. This demonstrates that there is a good strategic relationship between Poppy and Soraka that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Poppy. That means Poppy players don't need to be very careful when arranging Soraka allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.

Although, by aligning Poppy and Soraka together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of AD. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Soraka ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Soraka Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Soraka, we analyzed 1,311 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 Soraka 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 learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to pair well with Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Poppy and Soraka synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy included at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Soraka than with most other common builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 51.5% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Soraka with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Poppy players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.

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