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Annie

Mage
Annie is a mageRolemage
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Pyromania abilityp
Disintegrate abilityq
Incinerate abilityw
Molten Shield abilitye
Summon: Tibbers abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
middle

Annie Build

based on 32,609 matches
Win Rate
49.3 %
Pick Rate
3.3 %
Ban Rate
2.7 %

How We Come Up with Our Annie Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Annie build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Annie builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Annie core items and runes for any situation.

Annie Build Summary

Annie is a a decent middle lane champ in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Sorcery Resolve. Adding the selected runes shown below into your Annie build will help provide you with the additional stats to help her play well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up her q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Annie

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Luden's TempestRabadon's DeathcapHorizon FocusSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterVoid StaffZhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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Second ability for Annie to level upw
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Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Annie Matchups Overview

Annie is Weak Against

RumbleRumble40.2% winrateSwainSwain42.8% winrateFizzFizz44.6% winrateNaafiriNaafiri44.8% winrate

Annie is Strong Against

CorkiCorki60.6% winrateVel'KozVel'Koz56% winrateBrandBrand54.2% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Udyrjungle+ 54.2% 609 GamesDr. Mundotop+ 55.6% 644 GamesShacosupport+ 56.4% 328 GamesKarthusbottom+ 56.6% 136 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Annie Players

Tips and Tricks

Use Disintegrate on minions to deal the killing blow and farm effectively.

Annie is a burst mage. Your Annie build should focus on maximizing her damage to ensure you get a kill with each strike. If you don't, you may not survive the counter attack.

Keep a stun stored to use with Annie's ultimate.

Annie FAQs

Q: What makes Annie a good beginner champion?

A: Annie is simple to learn because she has just one mechanic: when your stun is up, blow all of your abilities at the same time on an enemy. Additionally, once summoned, Tibbers can help you deal a lot of extra damage without even trying :p. Annie is considered by many to be the easiest champion to learn how to play in League of Legends, yet she is still powerful and fun to play!

Q: What is one of Annie's greatest strengths?

A: Her stun has a large area-of-effect and no cast delay. She can stop just about any enemy in their tracks, and if they are reduced in health, she will likely delete them too.

Q: What is one of Annie's weaknesses that I should be aware of?

A: Her spells have a relatively short range. In one-on-one fights, this is rarely an issue; she deals so much damage and can back away while her target is stunned. However, if she's facing many enemies, she's left open too close to her enemies with all of her abilities on cooldown. In teamfights, she won't last long without support.

Additional Annie Build Insights

League of Legends Annie players will likely find her to be a challenging champ to build out properly. You will notice that her build changes when she is playing against either generic or homogenous team comps, indicating you should not follow the same Annie build every game of League of Legends

The most important items to incorporate into your champion's build are: Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Horizon Focus. Those who included these pieces in their builds had a greater winrate than players who worked towards other builds for Annie. Likewise, if you are fighting a varied enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Sorcery, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, she won the largest percentage of her rounds when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Annie build suggestions by examining 32,609 recently ranked LoL games with her in them. We only advise the best winrate Annie builds that were built by ranked players enough times for us to advise them. With so many matches in our dataset, we are very confident in our recommended builds.