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

Poppy vs Lee Sin

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

based on 2,283 Poppy vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. In our dataset, Poppy did battle with Lee Sin 2283 times. With so many games with Poppy versus Lee Sin gives us faith in our capacity to produce enlightening data and a solid build to suppress Lee Sin. This matchup is somewhat rare. Poppy encounters Lee Sin in only 3.7% of her matches.

Poppy vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Poppy has done a great job of countering Lee Sin. Normally, she wins a whopping 54.4% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Poppy versus Lee Sin games, Poppy’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Lee Sin.

Best Poppy vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateKaenic RookernHeartsteelIceborn Gauntlet

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
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R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Lee Sin

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 Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Poppy vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
Lee Sin Image
5.1
< Kills >
6.9
5.4
< Deaths >
6.4
9.1
< Assists >
8.4
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
77
< Minions Killed >
35
0.84
< Dragons Killed >
1.41
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.4
13,616
< Physical Damage >
13,162
3,611
< Magic Damage >
2,876
959
< True Damage >
1,059
18,187
< Damage Dealt >
17,097
30,350
< Damage Taken >
36,892
10,771
< Gold Earned >
11,758
1.71
< Towers >
1.29
0.2
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
8,361
< Total Healing >
17,167
13,502
< Experience >
13,206
25
< Vision Score >
25
9
< Wards Placed >
12
686
< Time Dealing CC >
453

How to Counter Lee Sin with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Poppy against Lee Sin matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lee Sin..

Poppy usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Lee Sin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Poppy or Lee Sin?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when playing against Lee Sin, with a 54.4% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a great counter to Lee Sin.

While Poppy does have a much higher winrate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Poppy into Lee Sin.

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

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Lee Sin matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Poppy is a great counter to Lee Sin. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Poppy, we analyzed 2,283 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 Lee Sin 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 Lee Sin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy often picks up more CS relative to Lee Sin. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Poppy versus Lee Sin build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Lee Sin than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 54.4% battling Lee Sin with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Lee Sin as Poppy, Poppy players should equip 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 rune sets players chose for Poppy vs Lee Sin fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Poppy versus Lee Sin tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using all matches with data with both champions.