Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Lissandra versus Poppy matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy..
Lissandra often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Poppy. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when taking on Poppy, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter to Poppy.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate compared to Poppy, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Poppy.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Poppy.
To truly master Lissandra in order to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically accumulates more CS as Poppy. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Poppy build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Poppy with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Poppy as Lissandra, Lissandra players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Lissandra vs Poppy matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Poppy as Lissandra are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.