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Annie with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Annie and Aphelios

based on 1,377 Annie with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Annie has fought alongside Aphelios in 1377 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Annie play with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Annie to play alongside Aphelios as teammates. This has only occurred in approximately 2.2% of matches with Annie.

Annie Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Annie has done a below average job of synergizing with Aphelios. Typically, she wins a dismal 47.5% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Annie when fighting on the same team as Aphelios by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Annie vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentLuden's CompanionMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
>
Second ability for Annie to level upw
>
Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Annie with Aphelios

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Annie Aphelios Synergy Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Aphelios Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.4
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
7.6
< Assists >
8.1
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
135
< Minions Killed >
137
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.43
855
< Physical Damage >
885
19,702
< Magic Damage >
20,558
1,154
< True Damage >
1,243
21,712
< Damage Dealt >
22,687
17,998
< Damage Taken >
18,233
10,735
< Gold Earned >
10,970
1.67
< Towers >
1.77
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,594
< Total Healing >
1,673
13,423
< Experience >
13,685
22
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
10
228
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Play with Aphelios as Annie in LoL

The Annie Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Annie sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Aphelios helps Annie perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Annie is paired with Aphelios, she gets a small decrease in her total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Aphelios does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played together with Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Moreover, when Annie plays with Aphelios on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Annie in teamfights.

Synergies between Annie and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Annie
Aphelios

Is Annie better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no perfect companion for Annie that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. Yet, Aphelios is a below average companion for Annie. By playing on the same team as Annie, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 47.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Annie and Aphelios that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Annie. That means you need to be careful when arranging Aphelios comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to do well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by pairing Annie and Aphelios together, you may not be giving your team very much engage potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Annie and Aphelios, we analyzed 1,377 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Annie with Aphelios comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Annie to work well with Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Annie and Aphelios synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Aphelios than with most other typical builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 47.5% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Aphelios with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.

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