Nidalee vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Nidalee
based on 428 Nidalee vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nidalee vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Nidalee vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Annie
Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.
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.
Nidalee vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Nidalee in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Nidalee versus Annie counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Nidalee typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Annie. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nidalee and Annie
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Who is Better, Nidalee or Annie?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when taking on Annie, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Nidalee makes a bad counter for Annie.
While Nidalee does have a lower win rate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nidalee into Annieas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nidalee has only a small 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 overall in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nidalee is a garbage counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nidalee often gets a lot less CS as Annie. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nidalee versus Annie build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Annie than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 46.0% when countering Annie with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Annie as Nidalee, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nidalee vs Annie battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Annie as Nidalee are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.