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

Poppy vs Heimerdinger

How to Beat Heimerdinger as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
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How to Beat Heimerdinger as Poppy

based on 808 Poppy vs Heimerdinger matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our database, Poppy did battle with Heimerdinger 808 times. Including so many games with Poppy versus Heimerdinger provides us confidence in our capability to produce actionable data and a solid build to obliterate your opposition. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Poppy encounters Heimerdinger in only 1.3% of her games.

Poppy vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy does a below average job of beating Heimerdinger. On average, she wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Poppy vs Heimerdinger matches, Poppy’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Heimerdinger.

Best Poppy vs Heimerdinger Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanSundered SkyHollow Radiance

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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Heimerdinger

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 Heimerdinger

Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!

It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.

Poppy vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Heimerdinger Image
5
< Kills >
4.8
5.7
< Deaths >
6.5
8.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
77
< Minions Killed >
133
0.7
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.52
12,530
< Physical Damage >
834
3,291
< Magic Damage >
24,543
899
< True Damage >
642
16,720
< Damage Dealt >
26,020
31,927
< Damage Taken >
20,600
10,654
< Gold Earned >
10,994
1.55
< Towers >
2.05
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,391
< Total Healing >
2,166
13,605
< Experience >
13,611
25
< Vision Score >
29
10
< Wards Placed >
13
679
< Time Dealing CC >
270

How to Counter Heimerdinger with Poppy in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some significant Poppy versus Heimerdinger matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..

Poppy normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Heimerdinger

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Heimerdinger
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Heimerdinger

Who is Better, Poppy or Heimerdinger?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Poppy makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.

While Poppy does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Poppy also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Poppy into Heimerdinger.

Furthermore, Poppy also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Poppy is a garbage counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Heimerdinger.

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 Heimerdinger Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Heimerdinger as Poppy, we analyzed 808 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 Heimerdinger 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

Poppy Build Heimerdinger Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy most often picks up less CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Poppy versus Heimerdinger build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Heimerdinger than with many other common item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Heimerdinger with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Heimerdinger 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Poppy vs Heimerdinger counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.

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