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How to Win Poppy vs K'Sante Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Poppy

based on 1,192 Poppy vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Poppy battled K'Sante 1192 times. Including so many games with Poppy versus K'Sante provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide informative data and a solid build to suppress your rival. This matchup is somewhat rare. Poppy fights K'Sante in only 1.9% of her games.

Poppy vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Poppy has done a good job of beating K'Sante. Typically, she wins a fantastic 53.4% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Poppy against K'Sante matches, Poppy’s team is 0.2% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Poppy vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The ProteanFrozen HeartIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Poppy vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
K'Sante Image
5
< Kills >
4.3
5.2
< Deaths >
5.7
8.5
< Assists >
6.3
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
0.97
96
< Minions Killed >
167
0.62
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.37
14,182
< Physical Damage >
13,402
4,415
< Magic Damage >
3,533
878
< True Damage >
1,607
19,475
< Damage Dealt >
18,543
30,463
< Damage Taken >
31,870
10,659
< Gold Earned >
10,710
1.76
< Towers >
2.04
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,784
< Total Healing >
4,991
13,615
< Experience >
14,504
23
< Vision Score >
15
9
< Wards Placed >
8
677
< Time Dealing CC >
1,103

How to Counter K'Sante with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some influential Poppy vs. K'Sante matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than K'Sante..

Poppy often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
K'Sante

Who is Better, Poppy or K'Sante?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes a great counter for K'Sante.

While Poppy does have a higher win rate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Poppy also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Poppy into K'Sante.

Furthermore, Poppy also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs K'Sante matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Poppy is a great counter for K'Sante. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Poppy against K'Sante.

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 K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Poppy, we analyzed 1,192 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 K'Sante 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

Poppy Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Poppy in order to counter K'Sante 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy on average accumulates less CS as K'Sante. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Poppy versus K'Sante build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering K'Sante than with most other common item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 53.4% battling K'Sante with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating K'Sante as Poppy, Poppy players 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 rune sets players used for Poppy vs K'Sante LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.4% win rate overall.

If you want to view Poppy x K'Sante tips and builds for a a particular division, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and guides given are computed using all games completed with these champions.