Poppy vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Poppy
based on 1,864 Poppy vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Poppy vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Poppy in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Poppy vs. Malzahar matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Poppy normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Poppy and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Poppy or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Poppy does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Poppy into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Poppy has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Poppy is a terribly counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Poppy to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy on average gets less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Poppy versus Malzahar build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Poppy used at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Malzahar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Malzahar as Poppy, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Poppy vs Malzahar counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
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