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Annie Mid build & stats

MageSupport C 198 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
48.5%
Pick rate
2.6%
Ban rate
0.7%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
60.0% 5 games

Finish these three

Malignance
Malignance
2,700 gold
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
8,600 gold
66.7% WR 12 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
51.5% 167 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Inspiration Inspiration
70.0% WR
20 games · 10% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

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

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
49.4% 154 games

Max order

Disintegrate Q Incinerate W Molten Shield E
75.0% 4 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Annie

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Annie wins 48.5% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (198 games).
  • Most common core: Malignance → Hextech Rocketbelt → Shadowflame — 39% win rate over 18 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 80% of games with a 47% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Sylas (56% over 9 games). Hardest: Yasuo (23% over 13 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Annie scales: 55% win rate after 35 minutes versus 44% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Malignance
Malignance
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
38.9% WR
18 games · 9% pick
Malignance
Malignance
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
66.7% WR
12 games · 6% pick
Malignance
Malignance
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
66.7% WR
9 games · 5% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
60.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
51.5% WR
167 games · 84% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
47.1% WR
17 games · 9% pick
Armored Advance
Armored Advance
20.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 2% (3)
64.5% 16% (31)
61.5% 7% (13)
60.0% 3% (5)
58.8% 17% (34)
55.1% 49% (98)
53.8% 26% (52)
50.0% 24% (48)
50.0% 3% (6)
47.6% 32% (63)
47.3% 76% (150)
41.7% 6% (12)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
48.5% WR
68 games · 34% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

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

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
36.0% WR
25 games · 13% pick
Electrocute Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Axiom Arcanist Absolute Focus
Domination Domination + Inspiration Inspiration
70.0% WR
20 games · 10% pick
Electrocute Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 47.2%80% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 55.0%20% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 49.4%78% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 46.2%20% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 20.0%3% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Disintegrate Q Incinerate W Molten Shield E 75.0%4 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (50%).

  • PPyromania

    After casting 4 spells, Annie's next offensive spell will stun the target.Annie begins the game and respawns with Pyromania available.

  • QDisintegrate

    Annie hurls a Mana infused fireball, dealing damage and refunding the Mana cost if it destroys the target.

  • WIncinerate

    Annie casts a blazing cone of fire, dealing damage to all enemies in the area.

  • EMolten Shield

    Grants Annie or an ally a shield, a burst of Move Speed, and damages enemies who strike her with attacks or spells.

  • RSummon: 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.