Malphite vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Malphite
based on 2,393 Malphite vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Annie
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Malphite versus Annie matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Annie
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Who is Better, Malphite or Annie?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when playing against Annie, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a good counter for Annie.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Annie.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a very large 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Annie matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malphite is an above average counter to Annie. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Annie. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Malphite versus Annie build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Annie than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 52.7% battling Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Annie as Malphite, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Malphite vs Annie counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.7% winrate overall.
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