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How to Win Leona vs Poppy Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Poppy

How to Beat Poppy as Leona in LoLLeona is in the b tier of champions
TankSupport
TankFighter

How to Beat Poppy as Leona

based on 2,380 Leona vs Poppy matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.59
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our data, Leona faced Poppy in 2380 rounds. Having so many games with Leona vs Poppy gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a solid build to destroy Poppy. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Leona fights Poppy in only 1.7% of her matches.

Leona vs Poppy Matchup Summary

Leona does a decent job of beating Poppy. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.6% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Leona against Poppy games, Leona’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Poppy.

Best Leona vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceThornmailLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Force of NatureKnight's VowBloodsongFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorMagic Resist
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Poppy as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Poppy

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

Advice to Win Against Poppy

Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.

When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.

You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.

Leona vs Poppy Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Poppy Image
2.1
< Kills >
4.8
6.1
< Deaths >
5.7
13.7
< Assists >
9.4
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
32
< Minions Killed >
75
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.72
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.4
2,777
< Physical Damage >
12,899
6,827
< Magic Damage >
3,614
1,011
< True Damage >
970
10,616
< Damage Dealt >
17,484
23,330
< Damage Taken >
30,054
8,592
< Gold Earned >
10,460
1.53
< Towers >
1.57
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
2,931
< Total Healing >
7,735
10,490
< Experience >
13,086
56
< Vision Score >
25
24
< Wards Placed >
10
241
< Time Dealing CC >
654

How to Counter Poppy with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here show several significant Leona against Poppy counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Poppy. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Poppy

Who is Better, Leona or Poppy?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when trying to fight Poppy, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a good counter to Poppy.

While Leona does have a higher win rate compared to Poppy, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Poppy.

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

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

Leona is a decent counter to Poppy. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Leona against Poppy.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateZacZac46.9% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia46.9% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrate

Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.6% 2270 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.2% 1595 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56.7% 22899 GamesLilliaLillia+ 58.3% 8896 Games

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Poppy Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Poppy as Leona, we analyzed 2,380 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 Poppy as Leona 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

Leona Build Poppy Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically racks up less CS relative to Poppy. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Leona versus Poppy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Poppy than with most other common item sets. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 51.6% battling Poppy with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Poppy as Leona, Leona players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Leona vs Poppy counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Poppy as Leona are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.