Annie vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Annie
based on 839 Annie vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Naafiri
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.
Annie vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Annie vs. Naafiri counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri..
Annie normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Naafiri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Annie or Naafiri?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when taking on Naafiri, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Annie does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Annie into Naafiri.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Annie against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Annie versus Naafiri build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Naafiri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Naafiri as Annie, you should take 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 combinations that we analyzed for Annie vs Naafiri counters, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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