Aphelios vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Aphelios
based on 1,376 Aphelios vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Annie
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Aphelios vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Aphelios against Annie matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between these two champs. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Annie..
Aphelios often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Annie. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Annie
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when taking on Annie, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Annie.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Annie, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often racks up a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Aphelios versus Annie build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Annie than with most other typical builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Annie with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Annie as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Aphelios vs Annie LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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