Poppy vs Warwick Counter Pick

Eternal Hunger turns Warwick’s basic attacks into bonus magic damage and, below half health, into healing that increases again under a quarter — which is why a 102-game sample on patch 16.13.1 leaves Poppy at 42.2% with a Hard rating. Her kit assumes she wins long exchanges through resistances, and 120 armor at level 18 is genuinely high, but the damage arriving is mostly magic and health-scaling. Jaws of the Beast bites for a share of maximum health and heals him for it, so her 2,480-health pool works against her.

Mobility settles the rest. Blood Hunt adds move speed toward wounded targets on top of a 335 base, so dropping below half health removes retreat as an option, and Infinite Duress suppresses for a full one and a half seconds, a lockdown that Steadfast Presence cannot shorten. Primal Howl covers the window in which the Hammer Shock zone would otherwise detonate for value, since damage reduction blunts the payoff and the howl scatters anyone nearby.

Her line of play is narrow: Heroic Charge into terrain the moment he commits, because that stun is the only reliable interrupt she owns, with Keeper’s Verdict saved for the leap so Warwick is thrown clear before suppression lands. Note the asymmetry in execution — he is rated 3 for difficulty, she is rated 6 — so the harder champion is also the one behind on results.