Irelia vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Irelia
based on 1,621 Irelia vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Annie
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Irelia versus Annie matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Irelia normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Annie. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Annie
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Who is Better, Irelia or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually loses when playing against Annie, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a poor counter for Annie.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Annie, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Annie.
Moreover, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Annie. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Irelia versus Annie build consist of Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Annie than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Annie with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Annie as Irelia, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Irelia vs Annie clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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