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

Annie vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Annie in LoLAnnie is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Annie

based on 2,196 Annie vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Garen as Annie came out of an evaluation of 2196 ranked matches where both champions fought one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Annie fights Garen in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Annie vs Garen Matchup Summary

Annie does a ok job of countering Garen. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Annie versus Garen matches, Annie’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Annie vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentShadowflameZaz'Zak's RealmspikeZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
>
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 Garen as Annie

Tips for Playing as Annie against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Annie vs Garen Counter Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Garen Image
6.1
< Kills >
5.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5
7.8
< Assists >
3.7
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
136
< Minions Killed >
175
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.6
930
< Physical Damage >
13,337
19,652
< Magic Damage >
185
1,250
< True Damage >
4,460
21,833
< Damage Dealt >
17,983
17,478
< Damage Taken >
31,054
10,736
< Gold Earned >
11,971
1.8
< Towers >
2.72
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,633
< Total Healing >
3,092
13,491
< Experience >
15,083
21
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
229
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Garen with Annie in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Annie against Garen matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Garen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Annie usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Garen. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Annie and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Annie
Garen

Who is Better, Annie or Garen?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when facing off against Garen, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter for Garen.

While Annie does have a higher winrate compared to Garen, when facing one another, Annie also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Annie into Garen.

Additionally, Annie also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Garen matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Annie is a decent counter to Garen. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Annie

Annie Loses Against

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Annie Wins Against

PoppyPoppy55.9% winrateYuumiYuumi55.5% winrateZoeZoe55% winrateKindredKindred54.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Annie, we analyzed 2,196 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 Garen 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Annie to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Annie usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Garen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Annie versus Garen build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Garen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Garen with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Garen as Annie, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Annie vs Garen matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Garen as Annie are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.