Zilean with Poppy
How to Synergize Zilean and Poppy
based on 672 Zilean with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Poppy
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Poppy Will Play
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.
Zilean Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Poppy. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Poppy helps Zilean perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is paired with Poppy, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Poppy supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Poppy on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Poppy.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Poppy on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Poppy does a decent job of protecting Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Poppy
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no perfect synergy for Zilean that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Poppy is a very bad teammate for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, she lowers their win rate by -5.5% to 45.2%. This proves that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Zilean and Poppy that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Poppy has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Poppy teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Conversely, by aligning Zilean and Poppy together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Poppy ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to work well with Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to include in your Zilean and Poppy synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 45.2% when playing alongside Poppy with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Zilean and Poppy pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.2% win rate overall.
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