Annie vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Annie
based on 751 Annie vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Annie vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Annie versus Braum counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Braum. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Annie typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Braum. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Braum
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Who is Better, Annie or Braum?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually loses when facing off against Braum, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Annie makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Annie does have a lower win rate than Braum, when on opposite teams, Annie also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Annie into Braum.
Moreover, Annie also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Annie is a garbage counter for Braum. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Braum.
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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 Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often gets much more CS compared to Braum. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Annie versus Braum build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Braum than with many other common builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Braum with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Braum as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Annie vs Braum clashes, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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