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Skill matchup. Better player wins midlane.
Early game, try to dodge as many Ahri's Q's as you can while poking her with your Q and auto attack and keeping track of CSing. Remember that you can stay behind your minions and poke her with your Q while she can't charm you.
Play safe if she gets level 6 first if you aren't already winning mid hard, because she can go full in for you and kill you easily.
After level 6, if you are going to harass her, after using your stun, play it safe.
Late game, you can easily go full in for her, just flash ult + W + Q and she should already be dead.
Akali
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Akali.
Early game akali sucks, you can easily out-trade her.
In early game try to get as much value as you can, by poking her with Q+basic attacks, and hopefully get an early kill on her.
After level 6, akali might win some trades vs you, remember to always play safe vs her while you don't have stun and always try to be the first that iniciates the fight and you should be just fine.
Anivia
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Anivia.
Early game,anivia is really squishy, dodge her Q (Iceball Stun) and harass her as much as you can, you should be able to either make her go back or get a early kill on her, which will let you snowball midlane and keep on winning vs her.
Annie
Is this a normal game? The enemy team has an annie midlane pick that goes for RoA?
Easy game,easy life
Azir
You should probably go for Flask and 3 Hp pots and 1 Mana pot vs Azir. I usually still go for Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Azir since i'm just gonna play passive early and not take much damage.
Azir has more range than you, therefore he can just poke you while you won't be able to do much. Trading vs him while your jungler isn't close shouldn't be worth it too much.
Farm early, wait for ganks, trade vs him when you see an opening and you should be fine.
Brand
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Brand.
Brand shouldn't be a big problem. If you are able to dodge his skillshots well, you should be able to win early trades, while after level 6 you should be able to 1 hit him after poking him down a bit. Be carefull to not try to go in on him after level 6 if you are behind/didn't poke him down a bit, because his ult will then jump from tibbers back to you.
Cassiopeia
You should start with Flask and 3 Hp pots and 1 Mana pot vs Cassiopeia.
She can easily go full in on you at level 2. Play safe and farm,don't try to trade.
Buy boots really early to try and dodge her skillshots.
Farm and wait for ganks or go roam and kill bot lane/top lane...
Preferably bot lane so you can secure drake if it's alive.
Diana
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Diana.
While diana is weak early game, you should try and poke her as much as you can in early game. If you get level 6 first, try and go full in and burst her down, you should be able to kill her.
In 80%+ cases diana will buy Abyssal Scepter as her first item. After she has bought Abysall, you should play a bit more safe than before, as she can survive your burst while she still does a great amount of damage.
Ezreal
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Ezreal.
Ezreal has higher range than you with his skillshots. Try to dodge his Q early and then go poke him a bit. This matchup should mostly be based on farming. Try to roam as much as you can, because ezreal has 0 cc and doesn't have good roaming potentional.
Fizz
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Fizz.
AP Fizz is dead. AD fizz is played mostly in jungle and top,rarely seen picked at mid lane.
If you are matched vs either AP or AD fizz, you should have the same playstyle vs him.
Remember that his E spell can ignore your stun if you try to stun him. Try to poke him early with Q. After he gets level 2, you should poke him with W first instead of Q, because he can just dodge your Q spell.
Heimerdinger
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Heimerd0nger.
Your 1, max 2 basic attacks + Q should always be able to kill his turrets, which just help you and give you gold while you shouldn't take much damage from them, his skillshots shouldn't be hard to dodge.
After level 6 you should always be able to go full in on him after poking him a bit, should be an easy matchup.
Jayce
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Jayce.
Rarely picked lately. Trade at level 1, while at level 3-5 you shouldn't try to trade much as he has more damage over time, only trade when you got your stun up, while after using your stun play it safe and just farm. He will most probably buy Hexdrinker early, which deny you to be able to 1 hit him, so play safe.
Karthus
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Karthus.
Early trading won't be too easy. After level 6/Mid game/Late game you should always be able to 1 hit him, this matchup should always be easy.
Kassadin
You should probably start with Flask and 3 Hp pots and 1 Mana pot vs Kassadin, going for Doran Ring and 2 Hp pots might make your lane hard to win/you will have to go back early and lose some CS and EXP.
If you will try and trade early vs Kassadin, never use only 1 Q and basic attack, if trading vs Kassadin, always remember to use Q twice and 2-3 basic attacks as in Kassadin's Q gives him a shield that will lose your trades if you only used Q once in a trade, while his Q has a higher Cooldown than yours, so winning trades is only possible if you use Q 2 times in 1 trade vs him. Play safe, as the enemy jungler might camp the lane.
Katarina
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Katarina.
Fairly easy lane for annie. Try to trade early as much as you can, try to get a kill on her before level 6. Remember to always try to stun her with your Q, as your ult and w can be missed if she uses her ability Shunpo.
LeBlanc
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs LeBlanc.
LeBlanc might be a hard matchup, since her current base damage is insane and she will probably outtrade you. Most important thing you should remember when matched vs LeBlanc is that you always wanna use Q before using W when fighting vs her when she is low health, as her passive might make you unable to kill her, since you aren't 100% sure who you should Q.
Lissandra
Always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Lissandra.
She doesn't have higher range than you while you outdamage her early game. Mid game, if you iniciate first, you should win the fight vs lissandra, shouldn't be a hard matchup.
Lux
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs Lux.
Buy boots early vs Lux, dodge her skillshots well and it's GG.At level 1, if she took shield, be careful when trading vs her, if you wanna harrass her, use your Q 2 times in one trade, or you will lose the trade.
Malzahar
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs malzahar.
Level 1,malzahar is weak and you should play a bit offensive and get value.Consider buying banshee's veil mid/late game and he shouldn't be able to much.
Mordekaiser
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs mordekaiser.
Level 1, you have more damage and lower cooldown on your Q so you should be able to harras him and get value early game and then be able to burst him down easily after level 6.
Morgana
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs morgana.
Level 1 and 2, harras her with Q and W as much as you can, and try to dodge her Q as much as you can. Remember to never engage on her with your R (Ult) because she has her E spell (Black Shield) that will ignore your stun if used in the right time,and you won't be able to win the fight after that, engage on her with W instead.
Nidalee
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs nidalee.
Level 1 and 2, harras her with Q and W as much as you can, you should probably be able to kill her in early game, after which after level 6, you can easily burst her down and kill her, easy.
Orianna
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs orianna.
If you will try and trade early vs Orianna, never use only 1 Q and basic attack, if trading vs Orianna, always remember to use Q twice and 2-3 basic attacks as in Orianna's E gives her a shield will lose your trades if you only poke her with Q once in a fight.
Pantheon
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs pantheon.
Level 1 and 2, harras him with Q and W as much as you can, you should probably be able to kill him in early game, after which after level 6, you can easily burst him down and kill him, easy.
Riven
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs riven.
Early game, harras her with Q and W as much as you can, stay away from her range while poking her out of distance, you should probably be able to kill her in early game and snowball up to mid/late game.
Swain
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs swain.
Early game, harras him and try to dodge his spells, if you do that well, you should be able to win this lane easily. Mid game, swain start to get really tanky and you won't be able to burst him down, after which he will heal up and kill you, play safe in mid game.
Syndra
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs syndra even tho she counters annie.
Early game, you should try and play offensive and see if you can win trades, later on she should win all trades if you don't engage on her with your stun and ult and burst her down before she bursts you.Play safe, farm or just roam around the map.
Talon
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs talon.
Skill matchup, better player wins.Harras him as much as you can with basic attacks early game.Use your range and try to not get close to him.
Twisted Fate
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs twisted fate.
Harass him as much as you can and try to get an early kill on him, TF is really squishy and you should always try to kill him, when you can.
Veigar
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs veigar.
Harass him as much as you can and try to get an early kill on him, Veigar is really squishy and you should always try to kill him.Remember to build Boots and Haunting guise early vs him (don't build pure ap, so you don't get 1 hitted by him).
Vel'Koz
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs vel'koz.
Play safe and farm, hard matchup, he has more range than you but still is squishy and has no escape, so ask your jungler for an early gank and you should be able to win your lane if your jungler does a good gank.If your jungler doesn't gank, just play safe and farm or roam.
Viktor
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs viktor.
Skill matchup. Better player wins lane. Try and harass him and dodge his laser, and you should be able to win lane, he is pretty squishy so you can burst him down in mid game.
Vladimir
I usually always start Dorans Ring + 2 HP pots vs vladimir.
Vladimir is pretty squishy early game and also loses health from using his spells, play offensive early game, kill him and win your lane.
Xerath
I usually always go for flask +3 pots vs xerath.
Xerath outranges you and you won't be able to do much.Play safe and farm and roam around the map, don't fight mid if your jungler doesn't gank your lane.
Yasuo
I usually always go for flask +3 pots vs yasuo.
Yasuo has no ranged spells and also is squishy, harass him and kill him at level 2 if you can. Always use auto attacks before using spells on him. This should be an easy matchup.
Zed
I usually always go for doran ring +2 hp pots vs zed.
Zed is an annoying matchup, he can poke you in early game while staying out of range.Try to punish (damage) him every time he goes to basic attack a minion (when he's farming). Be careful if he gets level 6 first, buy zhonya early.
Ziggs
I usually always go for doran ring +2 hp pots vs ziggs.
Ziggs is annoying and he outranges you. Dodge his skillshots and harass him when you can, he is pretty squishy and has a bad escape spell, you can easily burst him down in mid/late game.
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Playstayle
Level 1-2:
Level up Q, go to your jungle, help your team not to get invaded by the enemy team.
Get to mid lane in time,don't overstay - you don't wanna lose any Creep Kills.
After coming to mid lane your playstyle options at level 1 are:
Offensive Option
If you went for flat level 1 ap runes, play as offensive as you can, use Q + basic attack on the enemy midlaner as much as you can (while also keeping track of killing creeps, don't miss out on Creep Kills). I only go for flat level 1 ap runes when smurfing and when playing vs a midlaner that is easily harrasable and killable early game. At level 2, the enemy midlaner should already be at ~50% health. Try to harras him with Q a bit more until you have your stun and he is low health. Flash and stun him with W so he gets instastunned. Use Ignite + Q + basic attack and he should die. Never go for flat level 1 ap runes/never playing offensive vs Xerath and Cassiopea.
Defensive Option
If you went for ap/level quint runes,play passive and just farm early game, use basic attack + Q to last hit probably and easily. If your enemy midlaner did a mistake, punish him for it, use your Q and W/basic attack and back off.
Level 3-5 (Early game):
Stay in lane and keep farming. If you are winning mid lane, play offensive and try to get even a bigger advantage at mid lane (buy a ward, since you are easily gankable if you play offensive). If you are losing mid lane, play passive and just farm and only play offensive if your jungler is coming to gank your lane (don't try to kill the enemy midlaner 2v1, with your jungler, if you are below ~30% health). If your team killed the enemy jungler/bot lane and decided to go for drake early, help them out if they call out for you, be a team player.
Level 6-9(Early/mid game):
At level 6,you are ready to do some sick playz m8.
Your playstyle options at level 6 are:
Farming Option
You can decide to play passive and just farm and keep your potential for late game. If you push out mid lane, go farm wraiths in your jungle to gain even a bigger farm advantage vs your enemy midlaner. If your midlaner is missing, ping your team that he's missing and push out mid lane (since if you would of have followed your enemy midlaner, he could just turn on you and kill you in a 1v1.
Snowballing Option
If you are winning mid lane so far, you can try and keep snowballing. Buy a ward, play offensive, try to get another kill at your lane. Your full combo should, in most cases, be Flash + Ultimate (R), and then W + Ignite + Q + Basic Attack (of course, have stun before you do this combo). You can even freeze your lane and just harras the enemy player while only last hitting the creeps, while not actually basic attacking them and pushing your lane.
Roaming Option
If you choose to roam, push mid lane and prepare your stun. Preferably gank bot lane, to secure drake after hopefully getting kills and not dying after ganking bot. If there's a enemy team pink ward in the river bush, kill it and get back to mid lane, and try to gank after killing the next wave of minions at mid.
Counterjungling Option
Annie_Desu are you srs m6+3-1? Yes,i'm being serious, in a lot of my games when i see i can not kill the enemy midlaner and that i can not gank bot lane since they have it warded everywhere, i go to counterjungle. In many cases they don't ward their jungle and the enemy jungler might even be at less than 50% health, after which you can easily kill him and get a free drake since the enemy team doesn't have another smite.
Level 10-18(Mid/late game):
A turret or 2 should already be destroyed and late game is coming. At this stage of the game teamfights should be happening and people will roam more. When your team engages a teamfight, try to be there in time, winning a teamfight is worth a lot more than 10 Creep Kills. Push your lane and try to make some plays elsewhere, if you aren't able to kill the enemy mid laner and surviving after killing him.
In late game, try to always engage teamfights when your team is close to you and when you have your flash and stun up. Do your full combo (Flash + Ultimate (R), and then W + Ignite + Q + Basic Attack and then use Zhonya) on the enemy team ADC or APC...Try to always ult more than just 1 player, but if in late game, you see a enemy team player wondering solo, kill him and group up with your team and you should easily be able to win a 5v4 teamfight and win the game.
- In "Playstyle" i didn't write down anything about what items you should build,etc. since i wrote everything about that in the "Items" and "Matchups" part of the guide
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I ofc main annie and some other champions and I stream almost every day, the link is: http://www.twitch.tv/annie_desu
Hope this guide helped you climb in ranked gemz m8 :3
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