Annie is one of my main ap casters that I play because she was fairly easy to pick up and we usually won when I played Annie so I kept playing her. I'm here to share my build so maybe more people will play Annie. I am not a pro player by any means, but i find that I do well with this build.

Second build is for pure damage, but you are a lot more squishie. I use the second build now except for against Leblanc. Shes too strong early game.
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Pros + Great nuker + Tibbers! (AOE stun) + Disintegrate is great for last hitting

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Cons - Squishy - Short range for spells - Kind of creepy

Preferred Runes

• Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: I get these for more damage early game
  
• Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: I get these for early game damage
  
• Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: I prefer more survivalbiliy because I feel she does enough damage late game
  
• Greater Seal of Armor: I prefer more survivalbiliy because ROA and blue buff solves my mana problems

Optional Runes

• Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power: For more damage
  
• Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration: If you are having mana problems which you shouldn't with ROA and blue buff
  
• Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed: Makes it easier to dodge skill shots an chase/runaway

• Pretty much the standard 9/0/21 set up for casters.
• You can also go 21/0/9 if you really want more damage, but i prefer the decreased cd in the utility tree.

Flash: Great for initiating (flash Tibbers) and running away, great for all champs

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Ignite: Gives you that extra damage to finish off enemies

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Exhaust: Some people prefer this over ignite, great for chasing and shutting down carries

• Pyromania: Use stun for harassing early game, but save it for Tibbers when you get ult
  
• Disintegrate (Q): Use this skill to last hit minions with because it gives back mana when you do
  
• Incinerate (W): Use after disintegrate to harass, also good for farming after you have some ap
  
• Molten Shield (E): Use to build up stun, also nice to have up if taking damage
  
• Summon: Tibbers (R): Use with stun for max damage, try to get more than one person in team fights to ensure a victory, you can control Tibbers by hold down ctrl while clicking

Core

• : The health potions give great sustain in lane and the boots help with dodge those skill shots ( Brand, Orianna, Lux, Morgana)
  
• : It gives you great sustain and scales nicely into late game
  
• : Gives you magic pen so your spells hit harder
  
• : Pretty much standard on all ap casters, damage ftw
  
• : For late game when enemies usually start building magic resistance
  
• : Gives nice stats for the price, don't underestimate it, i usually get after ROA

Optional

• : More health and ap are never bad, the passive is nice too
  
• : If you find yourself dying a lot to casters, get this for the magic resist
  
• : Gives decent ap and armor, the active is very nice (don't forget to use it)
  
• : If you need more magic resist and survivalbiliy

Annie should always get mid because she cant't jungle and needs the farm.
You should focus on last hitting with your q and harass when your stun is up. Try not to harass until lvl 3 or you'll run out of mana. ALWAYS buy wards. Wards win games.

Your role in a team fight is to nuke down the other teams squishy s. Try to go in after your tank/initiator. You combo is flash, tibbers, w, q, and then ignite to finish off.

I hope you enjoyed my guide. Please let me know what you think. If you down vote, please give a reason why in the comments. I'm open to constructive criticism.

I'll try to add more to the guide when i get more time.

Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.

I hope you enjoyed my guide. Please let me know what you think. If you down vote, please give a reason why in the comments. I'm open to constructive criticism.

I'll try to add more to the guide when i get more time.

Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.