Annie vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Annie
based on 2,266 Annie vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Garen Counter Build
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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
Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.
Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.
Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.
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.
Annie vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several strategic Annie versus Garen matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Garen..
Annie often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Garen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Garen
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Who is Better, Annie or Garen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually loses when taking on Garen, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a bad counter for Garen.
While Annie does have a lower winrate than Garen, when facing one another, Annie also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Annie into Garen.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Annie is a garbage counter for Garen. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Annie against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie in order to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Annie versus Garen build include Luden's Tempest, Void Staff, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Annie used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Garen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 46.3% battling Garen with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Garen as Annie, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Annie vs Garen clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.
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