Annie vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Annie
based on 915 Annie vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Annie vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some valuable Annie against Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Annie usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Annie or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Annie makes a bad counter to Heimerdinger.
While Annie does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Annie into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Annie is a garbage counter to Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane 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 tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Annie versus Heimerdinger build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Annie combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Heimerdinger than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 46.7% battling Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Heimerdinger as Annie, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Annie vs Heimerdinger counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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