Heimerdinger vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Heimerdinger
based on 915 Heimerdinger vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Annie
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Heimerdinger versus Annie counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Annie. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Annie
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Annie, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a great counter for Annie.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Annie, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Annie matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter to Annie. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Annie. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Annie build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Annie than with many other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Annie with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Annie as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Heimerdinger vs Annie counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.
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