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How to Win Annie vs Alistar Counter MatchupAnnie is in the a tier of champions

Annie vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Annie in LoLAnnie is in the a tier of champions
Mage
TankSupport

How to Beat Alistar as Annie

based on 991 Annie vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Alistar as Annie resulted from an examination of 991 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Annie has to counter Alistar in only 1.6% of her games.

Annie vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Annie does a below average job of beating Alistar. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.5% of games the champs fight each other in. In Annie against Alistar matches, Annie’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood versus Alistar.

Best Annie vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeZhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

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

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Annie

Tips for Playing as Annie against Alistar

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Annie vs Alistar Counter Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Alistar Image
6.4
< Kills >
2.1
6.3
< Deaths >
6.3
8.7
< Assists >
14.3
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
0.38
137
< Minions Killed >
32
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
929
< Physical Damage >
1,325
21,276
< Magic Damage >
6,836
1,341
< True Damage >
903
23,546
< Damage Dealt >
9,065
17,959
< Damage Taken >
26,763
10,956
< Gold Earned >
8,579
1.81
< Towers >
1.85
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,581
< Total Healing >
9,407
13,452
< Experience >
10,595
23
< Vision Score >
54
11
< Wards Placed >
24
233
< Time Dealing CC >
276

How to Counter Alistar with Annie in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several important Annie vs. Alistar counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Annie typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Alistar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Annie and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Annie
Alistar

Who is Better, Annie or Alistar?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually loses when playing against Alistar, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a poor counter to Alistar.

While Annie does have a lower winrate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Annie also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Annie into Alistar.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Annie is a trash counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Alistar.

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Annie, we analyzed 991 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 Alistar as Annie 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 truly master Annie in order to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Annie on average racks up much more CS relative to Alistar. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Annie versus Alistar build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Alistar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Alistar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Alistar as Annie, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Annie vs Alistar clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Annie are presented for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.