Annie vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Annie
based on 2,310 Annie vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Annie vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several critical Annie against Blitzcrank counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Annie normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Annie or Blitzcrank?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes a bad counter for Blitzcrank.
While Annie does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Annie also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Annie into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Annie also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Annie is a terribly counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Blitzcrank 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often gets much more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Annie versus Blitzcrank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Annie included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Blitzcrank than with many other typical builds. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 47.1% when countering Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Blitzcrank as Annie, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Annie vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
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