Mid

Annie Build 26.22

Annie is the simplest deadly thing in the game. Every fourth spell stuns, so she stacks it up, waits, and flashes in with a bear to lock down and blow up whatever she lands on. There is no dodging a point-and-click stun once it is charged, which is exactly what makes her so punishing. A strong pick at 52.4% and climbing, she rewards the patience to hold that stun for the right moment instead of spending it early.

#19 of 107 mid this patch · 1.1k games

Win rate52.4%+0.9Games1.1kPick rate1.9%Ban rate0.5%Last 8 patches−0.3 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 91%AD 4%True 5%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 52.4% WR

Spellslinger's Shoes SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

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LoL ClassicSee how Annie was built in the classic eraAnnie Classic Build

When Is Annie Strongest?

The strong window is the later mid-game, once the build is mostly online, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Annie wants that window with her stun stacked and her bear up, since a single guaranteed lockdown on a carry lets her team pile on and turn one pick into a full fight.

Game timeline · Annie drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:18

Ambush zone7:48–9:18 Power spike 23:33

~6:05

11:54

21:08

23:33

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 52/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~4.8k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Stormsurge · 21:08

Annie Item Build

Annie is a point-and-click burst mage who saves her stun for the exact moment she commits and deletes a target on the spot. The build stacks ability power with mana and defensive stats so her combo one-shots a squishy, and her bear turns that pick into an area of lingering damage.

Standard loadout · Annie The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Ring×1

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes83% · 53.2%

Crimson Lucidity17% · 55.1%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass18767.4%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.B

Bloodletter's Curse2161.9%V

Void Staff7957.0%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration23756.1%O

Oracle Lens40954.5%S

Stealth Ward41048.0%

Best Annie Runes

Electrocute is the natural fit, and her stun makes it a sure thing. Once the passive is charged, a stunned target eats her full combo, and those stacked hits proc it with no counterplay. Keep the rest of the page simple with cooldown and mana. The guaranteed lockup is what turns that keystone into a clean kill.

The pre-game page Electrocute · Domination + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

ElectrocuteHitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Cheap Shot65% · 52.8%

Grisly Mementos65% · 52.7%

Relentless Hunter55% · 51.6%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Absolute Focus48% · 50.8%

Axiom Arcanist51% · 52.6%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Malignance into Stormsurge and play for the moment it all comes together. A rough lane is survivable here, since the payoff is in scaling. Stormsurge comes online around 21 minutes, and with the stun ready her flash-and-Tibbers combo simply deletes whoever she lands on. Stack the passive, hold the engage, and cash it in once the item is there.

Annie Skill Order

Four of the first seven points land on Disintegrate, at 1, 4, 5 and 7, so it starts finishing minions outright and handing the mana back. Incinerate waits until 8 for a second rank, and Molten Shield sits on one point from 3 to 14.

Skill order · Annie R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W28101213max 13

E314151718max 18

R61116max 16

Annie Abilities

Most of Annie's kit outside the stun goes unmentioned. Molten Shield hands her or an ally a barrier plus a move speed burst and punishes anyone who hits her, while Incinerate clears a cone of minions and chunks a whole wave at once.

Abilities · Anniepatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

PyromaniaPassiveP

DisintegrateMax 1stQ

IncinerateMax 2ndW

Molten ShieldMax lastE

Summon: TibbersUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

DisintegrateMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+45 per rank+80% APlv 180lv 4125lv 5170lv 7215lv 9260Cost+5 per ranklv 160lv 465lv 570lv 775lv 980Constant at every rankCooldown4ssame at all ranks

Annie Base Stats

Base stats · AnniePatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD50+2.65AS0.61+1.36%MS335Range625HP560+96HP55.5+0.55Armor23+4MR30+1.3MP418+25MP58+0.8

Annie Matchups

Annie has short range and no dash, so long-range pokers who out-distance her and mobile targets that dodge her follow-up give her trouble. She crushes immobile lanes that must sit inside her stun range, where one charged passive lets her open with guaranteed crowd control.

Lane matchups · Annie click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Poke with Q, then retreat before they lock you down.02Build armor and pop Molten Shield to blunt their dive.03Stun their gap close, then burst before their sustain recovers. Win rate by game lengthAnnie overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min43.8%20–28 min47.5%28–35 min58.1%Over 35 min56.1%

Range and poke can push her around before she is in stun distance, so watch for Diana, Lissandra, and Zoe who outreach her opener, and track your passive so the stun is charged when they step up. Get one guaranteed lockup and a squishy is simply gone. She stomps Anivia, Ekko, and Veigar, so play toward those lanes where her point-and-click burst leaves nothing to dodge.

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