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

Poppy vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Poppy

based on 4,053 Poppy vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
6.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Lucian as Poppy resulted from an evaluation of 4053 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Poppy fights Lucian in only 6.6% of her games.

Poppy vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Poppy does a good job of beating Lucian. Normally, she wins a fantastic 52.8% of the time the champs face each other in. In Poppy against Lucian matches, Poppy’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Lucian.

Best Poppy vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailRanduin's Omen

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanTrailblazerBloodsongDead Man's Plate

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
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Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Lucian

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 Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Poppy vs Lucian Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Lucian Image
4.8
< Kills >
7.6
5.4
< Deaths >
6.3
8.8
< Assists >
6.7
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
84
< Minions Killed >
185
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
13,092
< Physical Damage >
19,246
3,650
< Magic Damage >
2,825
867
< True Damage >
569
17,609
< Damage Dealt >
22,640
29,864
< Damage Taken >
21,296
10,558
< Gold Earned >
12,451
1.73
< Towers >
2.3
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,781
< Total Healing >
4,950
13,383
< Experience >
12,589
24
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
663
< Time Dealing CC >
42

How to Counter Lucian with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several important Poppy versus Lucian counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lucian..

Poppy normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Lucian

Who is Better, Poppy or Lucian?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually wins when facing off against Lucian, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a good counter for Lucian.

While Poppy does have a higher win rate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Poppy into Lucian.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Lucian matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Poppy is an above average counter to Lucian. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Lucian.

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 Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Poppy, we analyzed 4,053 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 Lucian 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 Lucian during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy usually picks up less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Poppy versus Lucian build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Poppy included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Lucian than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when countering Lucian with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Lucian 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for Poppy vs Lucian counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.

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