If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Draven versus Annie matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Annie’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Draven often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Annie. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when taking on Annie, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Draven makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Draven does have a higher winrate compared to Annie, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Annie matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a decent counter to Annie. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Draven against Annie.
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to counter Annie during both the early game 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 tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Draven versus Annie build include Eclipse, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Draven combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Annie than with many other common builds. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Annie with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Annie as Draven, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Draven vs Annie clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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