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

Annie vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Annie in LoLAnnie is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Annie

based on 2,399 Annie vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. In our dataset, Annie fought Katarina 2399 times. Including so many games with Annie versus Katarina provides us faith in our capacity to produce useful stats and a recommended build to destroy Katarina. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Annie fights Katarina in only 3.8% of her matches.

Annie vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Annie does a average job of countering Katarina. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.3% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Annie vs Katarina games, Annie’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Katarina.

Best Annie vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameVoid StaffLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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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 ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Countering Katarina as Annie

Tips for Playing as Annie against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Annie vs Katarina Counter Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Katarina Image
6.9
< Kills >
10.1
6.6
< Deaths >
7.2
8.1
< Assists >
5.6
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
2.27
141
< Minions Killed >
157
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,034
< Physical Damage >
1,956
21,192
< Magic Damage >
21,204
1,293
< True Damage >
932
23,520
< Damage Dealt >
24,093
18,361
< Damage Taken >
25,627
11,256
< Gold Earned >
12,555
1.81
< Towers >
1.53
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,572
< Total Healing >
3,425
13,906
< Experience >
14,415
21
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
228
< Time Dealing CC >
37

How to Counter Katarina with Annie in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Annie vs. Katarina matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between these two champions. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..

Annie usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Annie and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Annie
Katarina

Who is Better, Annie or Katarina?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter for Katarina.

While Annie does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when facing one another, Annie also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Annie into Katarina.

Furthermore, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Katarina matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Annie is a decent counter to Katarina. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Katarina.

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 Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Annie, we analyzed 2,399 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 Katarina 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Annie on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Annie versus Katarina build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Katarina than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Katarina with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Katarina as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Annie vs Katarina clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.

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