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How to Win Poppy vs Corki Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Corki

How to Beat Corki as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Corki as Poppy

based on 728 Poppy vs Corki matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Corki as Poppy came out of an examination of 728 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Poppy encounters Corki in only 1.2% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Corki Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a below average job of beating Corki. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.3% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Poppy vs Corki games, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Corki.

Best Poppy vs Corki Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Sundered SkyUnending DespairHollow RadianceFrozen Heart

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Corki as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Corki

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 Win Against Corki

Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.

Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.

Poppy vs Corki Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Corki Image
5
< Kills >
6.8
5.4
< Deaths >
6.2
8.6
< Assists >
7.1
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
87
< Minions Killed >
188
0.73
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.43
13,450
< Physical Damage >
3,886
3,644
< Magic Damage >
22,508
930
< True Damage >
935
18,025
< Damage Dealt >
27,330
30,873
< Damage Taken >
22,353
10,735
< Gold Earned >
12,817
1.75
< Towers >
2.07
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,175
< Total Healing >
3,386
13,563
< Experience >
14,595
26
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
713
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Counter Corki with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some influential Poppy versus Corki counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Corki’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Corki..

Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Corki. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Corki

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Corki
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Corki

Who is Better, Poppy or Corki?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when playing against Corki, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes an ok counter for Corki.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate than Corki, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Corki.

Additionally, Poppy also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Corki. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Corki matchups, Corki is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a somewhat poor counter to Corki. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against Corki.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Corki Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Corki as Poppy, we analyzed 728 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Corki as Poppy comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Poppy to counter Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy typically gets less CS as Corki. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Poppy versus Corki build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Corki than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Corki with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Corki as Poppy, Poppy players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Poppy vs Corki counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Corki as Poppy are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.