Poppy vs Yasuo Counter Pick

Yasuo carries the maximum difficulty rating of 10, and the payoff for that investment collapses against a champion built to displace him. Over 220 games on patch 16.13.1 Poppy wins 60.9% of the matchup, an Easy rating supported by a sample large enough to trust.

The mechanical core is Last Breath, which requires an airborne target: he blinks to an enemy knocked into the air and suspends everyone caught in the area. Poppy’s crowd control does not lift. Heroic Charge pushes horizontally and stuns against terrain, Hammer Shock slows and detonates along the ground, and Keeper’s Verdict knocks enemies very far away rather than upward. Steel Tempest at two stacks of Gathering Storm fires a whirlwind that supplies his own knockup, so ultimate access usually depends on a partner she is not obliged to provide.

Wind Wall is the second problem, and a smaller one than it looks. It blocks projectiles for four seconds, and her only projectile is the buckler thrown by Iron Ambassador; hammer, dash and ultimate all pass through untouched. The statistics agree with the result: at level 18 she carries 2,480 health with 120 armor against his 2,460 and 110.2, identical 345 move speed, and equal 60 base attack damage. Both deal physical damage, so armor purchases serve both sides, but Yasuo needs several items and a clean Sweeping Blade chain to threaten someone who can hammer him into a wall.