Elise vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Elise
based on 469 Elise vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Annie
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Elise in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Elise vs. Annie matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Elise often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Elise and Annie
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Who is Better, Elise or Annie?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when trying to fight Annie, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Elise makes a poor counter for Annie.
While Elise does have a lower win rate compared to Annie, when they face off with one another, Elise also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Elise into Annieas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Elise is a trash counter to Annie. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Elise against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Elise in order to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise most often gets a lot less CS as Annie. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Elise versus Annie build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Annie than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Elise had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Annie with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Annie as Elise, Elise players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Elise vs Annie counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Elise are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.