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

Poppy vs Annie

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

based on 978 Poppy vs Annie matchups
Win Rate
44.1 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our data, Poppy engaged Annie 978 times. Including so many games with Poppy versus Annie gives us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a recommended build to smash Annie. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Poppy has to counter Annie in only 1.6% of her rounds.

Poppy vs Annie Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a pathetic job of countering Annie. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.1% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Poppy versus Annie matches, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Annie.

Best Poppy vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Sundered SkyHollow RadianceForce of NatureKaenic Rookern

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
>
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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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Annie as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Annie

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 Annie

Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.

Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.

Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.

Poppy vs Annie Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
44.1 %
VS
Win Rate
55.9 %
Annie Image
4.9
< Kills >
7
5.9
< Deaths >
6.1
8.4
< Assists >
8.5
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
78
< Minions Killed >
141
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.48
12,707
< Physical Damage >
923
3,428
< Magic Damage >
22,350
887
< True Damage >
1,377
17,023
< Damage Dealt >
24,651
31,341
< Damage Taken >
18,529
10,629
< Gold Earned >
11,391
1.49
< Towers >
1.9
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,022
< Total Healing >
1,820
13,351
< Experience >
13,940
25
< Vision Score >
23
10
< Wards Placed >
11
690
< Time Dealing CC >
238

How to Counter Annie with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here show several strategic Poppy versus Annie counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Annie..

Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Annie

Who is Better, Poppy or Annie?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when facing off against Annie, with a 44.1% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a bad counter for Annie.

While Poppy does have a much lower winrate than Annie, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Poppy into Annie.

Moreover, Poppy has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Poppy is a trash counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Poppy against Annie.

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 Annie Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Annie as Poppy, we analyzed 978 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 Annie 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Annie 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy most often picks up less CS relative to Annie. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Poppy versus Annie build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Annie than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 44.1% when playing against Annie with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Annie as Poppy, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Poppy vs Annie matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.1% win rate overall.

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