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

Poppy vs Leona

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

based on 2,380 Poppy vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.49
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Leona as Poppy resulted from an analysis of 2380 ranked rounds where both champions faced each other. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Poppy fights Leona in only 3.9% of her matches.

Poppy vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a dismal job of beating Leona. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.4% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Poppy against Leona matches, Poppy’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Leona.

Best Poppy vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairKaenic RookernSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanIceborn GauntletRanduin's OmenSundered Sky

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
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
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 Leona as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Poppy vs Leona Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Leona Image
4.8
< Kills >
2.1
5.7
< Deaths >
6.1
9.4
< Assists >
13.7
1.1
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
75
< Minions Killed >
32
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.42
12,899
< Physical Damage >
2,777
3,614
< Magic Damage >
6,827
970
< True Damage >
1,011
17,484
< Damage Dealt >
10,616
30,054
< Damage Taken >
23,330
10,460
< Gold Earned >
8,592
1.57
< Towers >
1.53
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,735
< Total Healing >
2,931
13,086
< Experience >
10,490
25
< Vision Score >
56
10
< Wards Placed >
24
654
< Time Dealing CC >
241

How to Counter Leona with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Poppy versus Leona counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona..

Poppy normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Leona. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Leona

Who is Better, Poppy or Leona?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a bad counter for Leona.

While Poppy does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Leona.

Additionally, Poppy also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Poppy is a somewhat poor counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Leona.

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 Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Poppy, we analyzed 2,380 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 Leona 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 Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Poppy in order to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy often gets more CS compared to Leona. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The best items to have in your Poppy versus Leona build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Poppy used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Leona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Leona with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Leona as Poppy, Poppy players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Poppy vs Leona fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.

If you want to view Poppy x Leona tips and builds for a a specific rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides given are computed using all games run with these champions.