Naafiri vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Naafiri
based on 839 Naafiri vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Annie
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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.
Naafiri vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some valuable Naafiri versus Annie matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Annie..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Annie
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Annie?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Annie, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate than Annie, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Annie.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Annie matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Naafiri versus Annie build include Maw of Malmortius, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better countering Annie than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when countering Annie with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Annie as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Naafiri vs Annie battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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