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

Poppy vs Vladimir

How to Beat Vladimir as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Vladimir as Poppy

based on 1,797 Poppy vs Vladimir matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. In our database, Poppy faced Vladimir in 1797 games. Using so many games with Poppy vs Vladimir gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a supported build to shatter your enemy. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Poppy fights Vladimir in only 2.9% of her matches.

Poppy vs Vladimir Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a dismal job of beating Vladimir. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.9% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Poppy vs Vladimir rounds, Poppy’s team is 0.2% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Vladimir.

Best Poppy vs Vladimir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairKaenic RookernSunfire Aegis

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanDead Man's PlateSundered SkyIceborn Gauntlet

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Vladimir

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 Vladimir

Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.

Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.

Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.

Poppy vs Vladimir Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Vladimir Image
4.6
< Kills >
6.4
5.2
< Deaths >
5.2
8.3
< Assists >
5.9
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
82
< Minions Killed >
183
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,772
< Physical Damage >
1,030
3,622
< Magic Damage >
23,778
901
< True Damage >
344
18,296
< Damage Dealt >
25,152
29,806
< Damage Taken >
33,546
10,330
< Gold Earned >
11,683
1.61
< Towers >
1.96
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
7,968
< Total Healing >
28,993
13,107
< Experience >
14,623
23
< Vision Score >
15
9
< Wards Placed >
8
641
< Time Dealing CC >
122

How to Counter Vladimir with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Poppy versus Vladimir counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..

Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Vladimir

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Vladimir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Vladimir

Who is Better, Poppy or Vladimir?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when playing against Vladimir, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes a poor counter for Vladimir.

While Poppy does have a lower winrate than Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Vladimir.

Additionally, Poppy has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Poppy is a somewhat poor counter to Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Vladimir.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Vladimir Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vladimir as Poppy, we analyzed 1,797 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 Vladimir 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy in order to counter Vladimir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, 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 compared to Vladimir. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling 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 do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Vladimir build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Poppy used at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Vladimir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Vladimir with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Vladimir as Poppy, Poppy players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Poppy vs Vladimir fights, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.

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