Zilean vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Zilean
based on 708 Zilean vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Annie
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Zilean vs. Annie matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Annie. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Annie. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Annie
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Who is Better, Zilean or Annie?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zilean usually loses when facing off against Annie, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes a poor counter to Annie.
While Zilean does have a lower win rate than Annie, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Annie.
Moreover, Zilean has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Annie. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average gets less CS as Annie. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Zilean versus Annie build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Annie than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Annie with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Annie as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Zilean vs Annie battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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