Annie Build Guide by FrostbiteMW

Hey, I'm Frostbite and this guide is about my Annie! Annies biggest strength is that she is one of the easiest champions ingame - which makes this guide a bit useless since theres not much to learn. Everyone who plays Midlane should pickup Annie while learning the game though - Since she is simple you dont have to focus on mechanics and can actively try to learn the game! I've played hundreds of games as Annie and always perform well on her. In this guide I'm gonna show you how to play her to climb easily in SoloQ! Annie is a super strong and simple midlaner who doesnt have alot of bad matchups. This makes her a safe pick in midlane. You can win every lane and oneshot nearly everyone with little to no counterplay for them - which makes her a godlike pick in soloq.

These are my stats in Season 10 on her on one of my diamond accs

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Pros:
+Super simple Champion
+Good Waveclear
+Insane Burst Damage
+AOE CC and Burst
+Strong Early/Mid/Late Game


Cons:
-Squishy
-Dead if you have bad positioning
-Weak if you fall behind

Basic Poke Combo
Disintegrate > Incinerate > Autoattack > Electrocute

As basic as it gets. Make sure your passive stun Pyromania is up before doing the combo (enemy cant deal damage when he is stunned, makes you win trades everytime).
Begin by casting your Q into W into an Autoattack, which triggers Electrocute

Combo lvl3+
Disintegrate > Molten Shield > Incinerate > Autoattack >
Electrocute

YOU NEED 3 PASSIVE STACKS BEFORE DOING THIS COMBO.
Throw your Q at the enemy, which makes your passive go up to 4.
When your Q is MID-AIR you want to activate E, which makes the Q that is in air stun.
Follow up with W and an Autoattack to proc Electrocute.

All In
Disintegrate > Summon: Tibbers > Incinerate > Electrocute

Make sure to either have Stun ready or 3 stacks on your passive and have it stun by using your E before the combo.
Either start the combo by ulting or throwing Q - Q is the safer way though since its not a skillshot.
After stunning the enemy just use every ability on him.

Flash Tibbers
Flash > Summon: Tibbers > Incinerate

This is your biggest playmaking tool. You want to use it to start teamfights or catch enemy players out of position.
Make sure your passive stun is ready and try to hit as many targets as possible!

IN LANE

Try to be somewhat aggresive in lane. Use your Q Disintegrate to lasthit minions and stack your passive. Since your Mana gets refunded if you lasthit the minion with Q and its on low cooldown its the best and easiest way to farm for you.
Also use your Q Disintegrate to harrass the enemy laner when your stun is ready.
If he is low enough you can go for your Stun Combo and finish him off.
If your jungler ganks you either wait for him to cc the enemy laner and follow up with your stun - or if he has no cc you have to engage with your stun.

Try to pressure the enemy laner and work with your jungler to get picks on the enemy mid or jungler. Try to either roam or freeze the wave so you get a lead on the enemy laner.



MID GAME

After laning phase you can go to the sidelane and continue farming while your botlane/jgl stays midlane. If you have Teleport you can always join your team for teamfights - if you dont have it always be rdy to join them!
Annie is super good in the sidelane since she is super good in 1v1. Continue gaining experience and farm there to get even stronger.

In teamfights you want to try to catch as many people as possible with your Flash Summon: Tibbers Stun Combo. Your main targets are usually the enemy Midlaner and AD-Carry.
If you dont have Flash up just try to fight front to back with your team and look for openings for your R.



LATE GAME

In late game you can be the gamechanger. Try to hide in fog of war and catch people with your stun combos. Stuns can lead to free kills which can win games.
Try to assasinate the enemy carries and focus on oneshotting them in late game teamfights. If you have Zhonyas and Flash you can look for super aggresive Flashes into oneshotting the enemy carrys and then using zhonyas - your team should be able to peel for you afterwards, but always be careful when doing that.



IN GENERAL

Play aggresive early game!
Use your early game lead to snowball!
Try to oneshot people with your insane aoe burst!
Be a backbone and major carry in teamfights!

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