Illaoi vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Illaoi
based on 1,110 Illaoi vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Annie Counter Build
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Core Illaoi Items
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Guide to Countering Annie as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Annie
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Illaoi vs. Annie matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Annie..
Illaoi often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Annie. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Annie
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Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Illaoi or Annie?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Annie, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Illaoi does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Annie.
Moreover, Illaoi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Annie matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Illaoi is a decent counter for Annie. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Illaoi against Annie.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
Additional Information for Illaoi Players
How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Annie Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Illaoi versus Annie build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Annie than with most other common builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Annie with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Annie as Illaoi, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Illaoi vs Annie face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Illaoi are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.