Annie Popular Build
The patch 26.1 Annie most played build uses Sorcerer's Shoes, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass, Malignance, Liandry's Torment, Shadowflame, Oracle Lens. This Annie build has a 5.05% pick rate and a 63.04% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Annie build choices below.
Pyromania
After casting 4 spells, Annie's next offensive spell will stun the target.
Annie begins the game and respawns with Pyromania available.
Disintegrate
Annie hurls a Mana infused fireball, dealing damage and refunding the Mana cost if it destroys the target.
Cost:- 60/
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- 80
Cooldown:- 4
Range:- 625
Incinerate
Annie casts a blazing cone of fire, dealing damage to all enemies in the area.
Cost:- 70/
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- 90
Cooldown:- 7
Range:- 600
Molten Shield
Grants Annie or an ally a shield, a burst of Move Speed, and damages enemies who strike her with attacks or spells.
Cost:- 60/
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Cooldown:- 12/
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Range:- 800
Summon: Tibbers
Annie wills her bear Tibbers to life, dealing damage to units in the area. Tibbers can attack and also burns enemies that stand near him.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 130/
- 115/
- 100
Range:- 600
- Mage,
- Support
Select a Annie Build
Stormsurge
Zhonya's Hourglass
Malignance
- Stormsurge
Shadowflame- Malignance
- Stormsurge
- Malignance
Rabadon's Deathcap
- Shadowflame
- Malignance
- Rabadon's Deathcap
Best Annie Build - Highest Win Rate Items
This Annie build focuses on ability power for maximum spell damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
These are Annie's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Stormsurge (53.9% WR, +5.0% WR diff, 53.4% pick rate) provides 90 AP, 0.06% Speed. Shadowflame (53.0% WR, +4.1% WR diff, 37.4% pick rate) provides 110 AP. Malignance (49.8% WR, +0.9% WR diff, 74.2% pick rate) provides 600 Mana, 90 AP. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
2,800Annie build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Magic Damage. Lower in: Health, Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.
Top situational items for Annie include Luden's Echo, Zhonya's Hourglass. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Annie are Armored Advance. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Annie is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Annie build.
Armor:85
Movement Speed:45
Ability Power:495- Movement Speed:6%
Mana:1200
When facing Annie's top counters like Ekko, Galio, Vex, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats or health-stacking items for general survivability in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Luden's Echo or Zhonya's Hourglass based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Annie performance.
This Annie burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 54.5% win rate across 167 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 495 total AP, strong physical damage mitigation. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Annie with this build can punish teams that stack armor. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. However, be aware that this build low health pool requiring careful positioning and no built-in sustain for extended fights. With a total gold cost of 15,900, this Annie build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Malignance power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Annie build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Champions that use similar core items to Annie. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current popular annie build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
Annie Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Annie build?
The best Annie build in this patch includes Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Malignance. This build has a 54.49% win rate and is picked 9.17% of the time.
What are Annie's core items?
Annie's core items are Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Malignance. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Annie's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Annie?
Armored Advance are the best boots for Annie. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Annie's playstyle. They are included in 9.2% of Annie builds.
What is the best trinket for Annie?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Annie. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Annie maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Annie builds?
Yes, alternative Annie builds include options like Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Malignance. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Annie?
MetaBot sources its build data for Annie directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Annie builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Annie. From there, we aggregate the Annie builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.