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

Poppy vs Viego

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

based on 2,337 Poppy vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Viego as Poppy resulted from an examination of 2337 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Poppy has to counter Viego in only 3.8% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a dismal job of beating Viego. On average, she wins a lowly 47.9% of games the champions face each other in. In Poppy versus Viego games, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Viego.

Best Poppy vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairKaenic RookernSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Frozen HeartRanduin's OmenIceborn GauntletSundered 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

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
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Viego as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Viego

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.

Poppy vs Viego Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Viego Image
4.7
< Kills >
7.3
5.4
< Deaths >
6.2
8.3
< Assists >
6.5
1.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
82
< Minions Killed >
35
0.67
< Dragons Killed >
1.63
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.45
12,635
< Physical Damage >
15,330
3,583
< Magic Damage >
1,941
875
< True Damage >
900
17,093
< Damage Dealt >
18,172
29,438
< Damage Taken >
32,723
10,366
< Gold Earned >
12,089
1.61
< Towers >
1.44
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
7,464
< Total Healing >
16,205
13,117
< Experience >
13,539
24
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
654
< Time Dealing CC >
238

How to Counter Viego with Poppy in LoL

The stats provided here show several significant Poppy versus Viego counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Viego..

Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Viego. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Viego

Who is Better, Poppy or Viego?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually loses when playing against Viego, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a poor counter to Viego.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Viego, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Poppy into Viego.

Furthermore, Poppy has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viego. 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 Viego matchups, Viego 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 team fights.

Poppy is a terribly counter for Viego. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Viego.

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 Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Poppy, we analyzed 2,337 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 Viego 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Viego during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy most often gets more CS relative to Viego. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Poppy versus Viego build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Poppy combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Viego than with many other typical builds. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Viego with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Viego 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. Out of all the runes players picked for Poppy vs Viego fights, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.

If you want to see Poppy versus Viego tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct division, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all matches finished with these champs.