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How to Win Poppy vs Draven Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Poppy

based on 1,983 Poppy vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Draven as Poppy came out of an analysis of 1983 ranked rounds where both champions faced each other. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Poppy has to counter Draven in only 3.2% of her games.

Poppy vs Draven Matchup Summary

Poppy does a average job of beating Draven. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Poppy vs Draven matches, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Draven.

Best Poppy vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionFrozen HeartKaenic RookernIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
>
Second ability for Poppy to level upe
>
Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Draven as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Poppy vs Draven Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Draven Image
4.9
< Kills >
8.8
5.4
< Deaths >
6.8
8.9
< Assists >
5.8
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
2
82
< Minions Killed >
175
0.69
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.5
13,181
< Physical Damage >
23,359
3,564
< Magic Damage >
141
898
< True Damage >
534
17,643
< Damage Dealt >
24,035
29,957
< Damage Taken >
23,105
10,547
< Gold Earned >
14,079
1.66
< Towers >
2.38
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
7,883
< Total Healing >
7,129
13,303
< Experience >
12,530
24
< Vision Score >
15
9
< Wards Placed >
8
662
< Time Dealing CC >
91

How to Counter Draven with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Poppy versus Draven counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Draven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Draven..

Poppy often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Draven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Draven

Who is Better, Poppy or Draven?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when playing against Draven, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes an ok counter to Draven.

While Poppy does have a higher winrate than Draven, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Draven.

Moreover, Poppy has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Draven matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a decent counter for Draven. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against Draven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy

Poppy Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.2% winrateAnnieAnnie44.1% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench44.9% winrateViktorViktor45.3% winrate

Poppy Wins Against

KennenKennen57.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc56.6% winrateAlistarAlistar56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TrundleTrundle+ 54.6% 2180 GamesTaricTaric+ 54.7% 494 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.2% 2186 GamesOlafOlaf+ 57.3% 321 Games

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Poppy, we analyzed 1,983 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Draven as Poppy comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Poppy in order to counter Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy on average picks up less CS as Draven. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Poppy versus Draven build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Draven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Draven with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Draven 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 runes players picked for Poppy vs Draven counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

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