Annie vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Annie
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Annie vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Annie vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Annie in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Annie versus Nidalee matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Annie typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Annie or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 54.0% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Annie does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Annie also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Annie into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Annie also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Nidalee matchups, Annie is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Annie is a great counter for Nidalee. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Nidalee 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 suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically gets much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Annie versus Nidalee build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Nidalee than with most other common item sets. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 54.0% when countering Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Nidalee as Annie, Annie players 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 builds players picked for Annie vs Nidalee counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.0% win rate overall.
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