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

Poppy vs LeBlanc

How to Beat LeBlanc as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat LeBlanc as Poppy

based on 993 Poppy vs LeBlanc matchups
Win Rate
56.6 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat LeBlanc as Poppy resulted from an evaluation of 993 ranked matches where both champions faced each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Poppy is forced to battle against LeBlanc in only 1.6% of her games.

Poppy vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary

Poppy does a great job of beating LeBlanc. On average, she wins a whopping 56.6% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Poppy vs LeBlanc matches, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus LeBlanc.

Best Poppy vs LeBlanc Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairSundered SkyDead Man's PlateKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against LeBlanc

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 LeBlanc

LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.

The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.

Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.

Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.

Poppy vs LeBlanc Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
56.6 %
VS
Win Rate
43.4 %
LeBlanc Image
5
< Kills >
7.5
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
8.4
< Assists >
6.3
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
86
< Minions Killed >
150
0.8
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.4
13,380
< Physical Damage >
2,899
3,852
< Magic Damage >
17,822
947
< True Damage >
853
18,180
< Damage Dealt >
21,574
29,933
< Damage Taken >
22,857
10,743
< Gold Earned >
11,574
1.79
< Towers >
1.62
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,855
< Total Healing >
4,031
13,644
< Experience >
13,830
23
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
10
676
< Time Dealing CC >
56

How to Counter LeBlanc with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Poppy versus LeBlanc matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than LeBlanc’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than LeBlanc..

Poppy typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and LeBlanc

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
LeBlanc
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
LeBlanc

Who is Better, Poppy or LeBlanc?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually wins when trying to fight LeBlanc, with a 56.6% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a fantastic counter to LeBlanc.

While Poppy does have a much higher winrate than LeBlanc, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Poppy into LeBlanc.

Additionally, Poppy has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs LeBlanc 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 teammates during team fights.

Poppy is a great counter for LeBlanc. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against LeBlanc.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs LeBlanc Build and Stats

For this guide on countering LeBlanc as Poppy, we analyzed 993 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 LeBlanc 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Poppy in order to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy usually racks up less CS relative to LeBlanc. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Poppy versus LeBlanc build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus LeBlanc than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 56.6% when countering LeBlanc with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing LeBlanc as Poppy, you should take 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 that we analyzed for Poppy vs LeBlanc counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 56.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat LeBlanc as Poppy are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.