Xerath vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Xerath
based on 2,557 Xerath vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Annie
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Xerath against Annie counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Annie..
Xerath often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Annie. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Annie
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Who is Better, Xerath or Annie?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Annie, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter to Annie.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Annie, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Annie matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a good counter for Annie. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Annie build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Annie than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 52.3% battling Annie with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Annie as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Annie matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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