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Annie
the Dark Child

Annie

Passive · Pyromania

After casting 4 abilities, Annie's next damaging ability stuns its target.

DamageDurabilityMagicDifficultyMobilityCC
Champion profile (Riot)
  • Damage2
  • Durability3
  • Magic10
  • Difficulty6
  • Mobility3
  • CC8
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top

How to play as Annie

Top: hold CS, run TP or Ghost depending on the matchup.

How to beat Annie

Top: punish wave-states and ward river/jungle to dodge ganks.

Jungle

How to play as Annie

Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.

How to beat Annie

Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Mid
Primary

How to play as Annie

  • Track 4 ability stacks — 5th cast stuns, always open with it
  • Open with Tibbers (R) + W (Incinerate) for AoE stun
  • Build Luden's Echo + Rabadon's Deathcap for one-shot
  • Tibbers tanks for you and chases anyone who hits you — peel tool
  • Vs dive comps grab Stasis Enchant to survive
  • Lane: Q (Disintegrate) refunds mana on kill — last-hit minions with it

How to beat Annie

  • Count her stun stacks — every 4th cast lands a stun
  • Never trade when she has 4 stacks ready
  • Buy Banshee's Veil to absorb her combo
  • Annie thrives on all-ins — decision speed matters
  • Save Flash for her Tibbers ult
  • Buy Mercury's Treads early — she shreds squishies fast
ADC

How to play as Annie

ADC: kite the frontline, hit the closest tank then the carries.

How to beat Annie

ADC: stay behind minions and focus the enemy ADC in fights.

Support

How to play as Annie

Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.

How to beat Annie

Support: dodge hooks/engages, buy Mikael's into heavy CC.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Abilities

Pyromania

PC
Passive

Innate - Pyromania: Annie generates a stack of Pyromania whenever she hits an enemy with Disintegrate or casts her other abilities, stacking up to 4 times, at which she gains Energized.

Energized: Annie empowers her next cast of Disintegrate, Incinerate, or Summon: Tibbers to consume all Pyromania stacks to stun enemies hit for 1.25;1.5;1.75% seconds.

Annie gains maximum stacks of Pyromania when the game starts and upon respawning. She will lose Energized and all Pyromania stacks upon death.

Disintegrate

PC
Q

Active: Annie hurls a fireball at the target enemy that deals magic damage.

If this kills the target, 50% of the cooldown is reduced and the mana cost is refunded.

Cooldown4

Incinerate

PC
W

Active: Annie releases fire in a cone in the target direction, dealing magic damage to enemies hit.

Cooldown8

Molten Shield

PC
E

Active: Annie grants herself or the target allied champion and Tibbers a shield for 3 seconds and 20 to 50% bonus movement speed that decays over 1.5 seconds.

While Molten Shield is active, enemies that deal damage to it take magic damage. This may only occur once per enemy per cast for each active Molten Shield.

Cooldown12 to 10

Summon: Tibbers

PC
Ultimate

Active: Annie summons Tibbers to the target location in a burst of flame, dealing magic damage to enemies near him. Summon: Tibbers can be recast at any time while Tibbers is alive.

Tibbers then remains on the field as a controllable pet for up to 45 seconds.

Recast: Annie directs Tibbers to the target location.

Cooldown130 to 100