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

Poppy vs Tristana

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

based on 2,085 Poppy vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Tristana as Poppy came out of an examination of 2085 ranked matches where both champions fought one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Poppy is forced to battle against Tristana in only 3.4% of her games.

Poppy vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Poppy has done a decent job of beating Tristana. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Poppy versus Tristana rounds, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Tristana.

Best Poppy vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Solstice SleighRanduin's OmenDead Man's PlateIceborn 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

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashBone PlatingRevitalize
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryTime Warp Tonic
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 Tristana as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Poppy vs Tristana Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Tristana Image
4.8
< Kills >
7.2
5.3
< Deaths >
6.4
8.8
< Assists >
5.5
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
75
< Minions Killed >
167
0.77
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.56
12,694
< Physical Damage >
17,220
3,566
< Magic Damage >
2,230
884
< True Damage >
457
17,145
< Damage Dealt >
19,909
29,053
< Damage Taken >
21,791
10,394
< Gold Earned >
12,416
1.66
< Towers >
2.77
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,705
< Total Healing >
5,934
13,087
< Experience >
12,702
24
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
629
< Time Dealing CC >
65

How to Counter Tristana with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some valuable Poppy versus Tristana matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Tristana..

Poppy typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Poppy and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Tristana

Who is Better, Poppy or Tristana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a good counter to Tristana.

While Poppy does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when facing one another, Poppy also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Tristana.

Additionally, Poppy also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. 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 in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Tristana matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Poppy is a decent counter to Tristana. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against Tristana.

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 Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Poppy, we analyzed 2,085 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 Tristana 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 Tristana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Poppy in order to counter Tristana during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy typically picks up less CS relative to Tristana. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Poppy versus Tristana build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Tristana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Tristana with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Tristana as Poppy, you should use 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 runes players used for Poppy vs Tristana LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.

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