Yuumi vs Poppy Counter Pick

Poppy is one of the rare physical-damage threats Yuumi meets from the support slot, and the itemisation answer changes because of it. 523 games on patch 16.13.1 return 42.8%.

• Speed: 345 move speed against Yuumi’s 330, plus Steadfast Presence, which grants armor and magic resist that increase as Poppy’s health drops.
• Terrain: Heroic Charge dashes, shoves, and stuns whenever the target meets a wall, so the geography of a fight matters more than anyone’s damage total.
• Scaling: a starting base of 610 health with 35 armor turns into 2,480 health and 120 armor by level 18, while Yuumi travels from 500 to 1,673.

Counterplay revolves around Keeper’s Verdict. A fully channelled hammer strike removes a champion from the fight outright, and an attached Yuumi rides whatever it displaces. Holding Zoomies for that channel window instead of spending it on poke separates a repositioned ally from a lost one. Yuumi’s own damage stays magic, so Poppy’s 32 base magic resistance and her low-health defensive spike make extended trades unproductive; short exchanges with Prowling Projectile at 425 range against 125 are the realistic plan, and Iron Ambassador means even a thrown buckler returns to Poppy as a shield if she reclaims it. Poppy’s difficulty rating of 6 against Yuumi’s 2 is the one lever available: a Heroic Charge that finds open ground instead of terrain wastes her strongest tool. Poppy’s abilities are set out on her champion entry.