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

Poppy vs Vayne

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

based on 3,577 Poppy vs Vayne matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Vayne as Poppy came out of an evaluation of 3577 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Poppy is forced to battle against Vayne in only 5.8% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Vayne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a below average job of countering Vayne. On average, she wins a lowly 48.2% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Poppy against Vayne games, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Vayne.

Best Poppy vs Vayne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Trinity ForceBloodsongIceborn GauntletDead Man's Plate

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
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Vayne

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 Vayne

Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.

Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Poppy vs Vayne Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Vayne Image
4.8
< Kills >
7.7
5.6
< Deaths >
6.5
8.6
< Assists >
5.6
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
76
< Minions Killed >
164
0.76
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.49
12,460
< Physical Damage >
15,428
3,307
< Magic Damage >
1,649
878
< True Damage >
5,013
16,646
< Damage Dealt >
22,091
29,904
< Damage Taken >
21,807
10,464
< Gold Earned >
12,296
1.61
< Towers >
2.3
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,819
< Total Healing >
6,133
13,216
< Experience >
12,917
25
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
660
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Vayne with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Poppy vs. Vayne matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vayne..

Poppy usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Vayne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Vayne

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Vayne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Vayne

Who is Better, Poppy or Vayne?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Vayne, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a bad counter for Vayne.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Vayne, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Vayne.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a somewhat poor counter for Vayne. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Vayne.

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 Vayne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vayne as Poppy, we analyzed 3,577 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 Vayne 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 Vayne Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Vayne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy often accumulates less CS relative to Vayne. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Poppy versus Vayne build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Vayne than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Vayne with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Vayne 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 Vayne fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.

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