Annie vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Annie
based on 3,723 Annie vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Brand Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Brand as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Annie vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Annie in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some valuable Annie against Brand matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand..
Annie typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Brand. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Annie or Brand?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Annie usually loses when taking on Brand, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a bad counter for Brand.
While Annie does have a lower win rate than Brand, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Annie into Brand.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Annie against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically gets more CS compared to Brand. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Annie versus Brand build include Malignance, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Annie bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Brand than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Brand with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Brand as Annie, you should use the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Annie vs Brand battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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