Poppy vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Poppy
based on 932 Poppy vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Poppy vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Poppy in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Poppy vs. Lulu counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lulu. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Poppy often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Lulu. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Poppy and Lulu
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Who is Better, Poppy or Lulu?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when facing off against Lulu, with a 54.6% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a great counter to Lulu.
While Poppy does have a much higher win rate than Lulu, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Poppy into Lulu.
Moreover, Poppy has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lulu. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Lulu matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Poppy is a great counter to Lulu. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Lulu.
Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Poppy in order to counter Lulu 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 listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy on average accumulates more CS relative to Lulu. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Poppy versus Lulu build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Lulu than with most other common builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 54.6% when playing against Lulu with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Lulu as Poppy, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Poppy vs Lulu face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.6% win rate overall.
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