Annie vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Annie
based on 2,224 Annie vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Annie vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Annie in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Annie against Leona counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Annie usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Leona. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Leona
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Who is Better, Annie or Leona?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a bad counter to Leona.
While Annie does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Annie also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Annie into Leona.
Furthermore, Annie also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Annie is a garbage counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically racks up much more CS as Leona. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Annie versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Leona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 46.6% when playing against Leona with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Leona as Annie, Annie players should take 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 sets players used for Annie vs Leona fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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