Taric vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Taric
based on 609 Taric vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Poppy Counter Build
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Core Taric Items
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Poppy
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Advice to Win Against Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Taric vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Taric in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Taric vs. Poppy counter stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Poppy. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Poppy. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Poppy
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Who is Better, Taric or Poppy?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually loses when playing against Poppy, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a poor counter for Poppy.
While Taric does have a lower win rate compared to Poppy, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Taric into Poppy.
Furthermore, Taric also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Taric is a garbage counter for Poppy. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Poppy.
Other Champion Matchups Against Taric
Additional Information for Taric Players
How We Calculated Our Taric vs Poppy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric typically racks up less CS as Poppy. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Taric versus Poppy build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Poppy than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing against Poppy with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Poppy as Taric, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Taric vs Poppy counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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