# Annie Counters Who counters Annie? Best and worst picks against Annie by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Annie in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) ## Page Content [Annie guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) [Play against Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/how-to-play-against/) [Annie counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/counters/) Best and worst picks against Annie in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Anivia, Veigar and Talon beat Annie most often. Mel, Fizz and Syndra win the laning phase against Annie by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Annie Highest win rate versus Annie in Mid. - 1 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 103 games 57.3% - 2 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 270 games 57.0% - 3 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 102 games 54.9% - 4 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 251 games 53.4% - 5 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 244 games 53.3% - 6 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 406 games 53.2% - 7 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 271 games 53.1% - 8 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 351 games 53.0% - 9 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 258 games 52.3% - 10 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 377 games 52.2% - 11 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 138 games 52.2% - 12 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 211 games 51.7% - 13 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 430 games 51.4% - 14 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 109 games 51.4% - 15 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 145 games 51.0% ## Worst picks against Annie Lowest win rate versus Annie in Mid. - 1 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 121 games 40.5% - 2 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 138 games 40.6% - 3 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 103 games 40.8% - 4 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 380 games 41.6% - 5 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 217 games 42.9% - 6 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 216 games 44.0% - 7 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 316 games 45.2% - 8 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 454 games 46.0% - 9 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 112 games 46.4% - 10 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 143 games 46.9% - 11 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 715 games 47.7% - 12 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 331 games 47.7% - 13 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 158 games 48.1% - 14 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 209 games 48.3% - 15 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 246 games 48.4% ## Best lane counters vs Annie Largest gold lead over Annie at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 115 games +1,097 - 2 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 121 games +854 - 3 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 122 games +648 - 4 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 106 games +597 - 5 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 181 games +483 - 6 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 109 games +473 - 7 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 145 games +451 - 8 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 125 games +432 - 9 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 118 games +418 - 10 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 120 games +353 - 11 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 145 games +353 - 12 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 172 games +291 - 13 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 340 games +269 - 14 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 164 games +239 - 15 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 291 games +125 ## How to play against Annie Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Track her passive stun before stepping into short range; trade only after she spends it on the wave. - Punish last-hit windows with quick poke, but back off once her stun is ready. - Clear river vision before rotating through narrow entrances; Annie wins when fog lets her start with Flash-R. - Kill her R summon after disengaging if the fight stalls, because removing it takes away her zone control. - Spread before objectives so one Flash-R cannot hit multiple carries. ## Where Annie is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Annie's threat is front-loaded around her stun burst, so range and spell shields can exhaust her engage. - Her short range and low mobility make Annie punishable when she cannot threaten surprise burst from fog. ## Annie counters: questions ### Who counters Annie in Mid? At Gold+, Anivia (57.3%), Veigar (57.0%) and Talon (54.9%) have the highest win rates against Annie. ### Who does Annie counter? Annie wins most often against Hwei (40.5%), Smolder (40.6%) and Aurelion Sol (40.8%). ### Who wins lane against Annie? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Mel (+1,097), Fizz (+854) and Syndra (+648) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Annie. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) - [Fizz counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)