Annie Build Guide for Wild Rift

How to play Annie

Annie is a burst mage you can play in the Mid Lane. Her Passive, Pyromania, allows her to stun enemies after she has built up enough stacks, giving her opportunities to catch opponents off guard. Annie is able to stun multiple enemies at once with Pyromania and her Ultimate, Summon: Tibbers, making her dangerous in teamfights. Annie can use Flash and Hextech Rocketbelt to quickly close the gap between herself and her enemies, making it easier to land her crowd control, initiate fights and surprise opponents with her burst combo.

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Annie's Abilities

Pyromania

(Passive)

After casting 4 abilities, Annie's next offensive ability stuns enemies hit for 1 second.

You can tell how many stacks you are on by looking underneath Annie's Mana Bar. Once the bar turns purple, your next ability will stun the enemy. Always keep track of Annie's passive and know when you're one spell away from having it ready so you can setup a huge engage. Summon: Tibbers is one of the best abilities to stun enemies. It creates an area-of-effect stun that can hit all 5 enemy champions, completely swinging a teamfight.

Disintegrate

(1)

Annie throws a fireball that deals magic damage in a small area. Killing an enemy refunds its mana cost and halves its cooldown. 

Disintegrate is a skillshot that can be blocked by minions or monsters. Always look to farm with Disintegrate whenever possible. Its mana refund on killing a minion makes it much easier than just auto-attacking. With Disintegrate's long range, you can surprise enemies and stun them from afar and follow up with Incinerate for a quick burst while they're unable to move.

Incinerate

(2)

Annie releases a cone of fire that deals magic damage to all enemies within it.

Incinerate is great for waveclear since you can hit multiple minions at once, helping Annie push and roam more efficiently. Incinerate's cast time is faster than Summon: Tibbers and Disintegrate, but it has shorter range. Since it has a faster cast time, you can surprise enemies with Flash, especially when you have Pyromania ready to quickly stun enemies.

Molten Shield

(3)

Annie grants herself and Tibbers a shield that absorbs damage for a few seconds and grants movement speed.

Molten Shield is best used for blocking burst damage and giving you a stack of your passive Pyromania without needing to attack. A great trick is that if you are at 3 stacks, you can use Molten Shield to get your 4th stack and then quickly use another ability to surprise enemies with your passive stun. Its movement speed is also useful for helping Annie get into range to use her Ultimate Summon: Tibbers.

Summon: Tibbers

(Ultimate)

Annie summons Tibbers for 20 seconds, dealing magic damage on summon. Tibbers attacks deal magic damage.

Recast. Annie orders Tibbers to pounce on a target, dealing damage and knocking them airborne.

Summon: Tibbers is Annie's biggest threat. With Pyromania ready, it can stun several enemies and immediately put Tibbers in the middle of them. If the enemy is too far away, you can combo with Flash to close the gap and surprise enemies when they least expect it. After a successful engage, use Tibbers aggressively by recasting Tibbers to knockup high-value targets so it continues to do damage with its attacks.

Annie Build Breakdown

Boots of Mana

Malignance

Hextech Rocketbelt

Rabadon's Deathcap

Infinity Orb

Void Staff

Malignance boosts Annie's burst damage. It gives Ability Power and Ability Haste, while its passive can reduce enemies magic resist when Tibbers is active in the area, making Annie's AoE combo hit harder.

Hextech Rocketbelt gives Annie a dash, helping her close the gap and land her passive stun and Ultimate Tibbers combo more reliably since Annie can struggle to reach enemies without Flash.

Rabadon's Deathcap gives Annie a huge amount of Ability Power to increase her burst damage potential. It's a must-buy in every game, and the more Ability Power you buy, the more benefit you will gain from Deathcap's passive.

For runes we have the following:

Electrocute

Electrocute gives Annie extra burst damage when quickly hitting an enemy with multiple abilities or attacks, which fits Annie's playstyle around short burst combos. 

Hextech Flashtraption

Hexflash gives Annie an extra way to engage and close the gap when Flash is on cooldown, making her more unpredictable and improving her ability to catch enemies off guard.

Absolute Focus

Absolute Focus increases Annie's Ability Power when above 65% health. The extra Ability Power will help Annie's burst damage when looking to delete a target with one combo.

Nimbus Cloak

Nimbus Cloak gives Annie a burst of movement speed after using a summoner spell, helping her quickly reposition or chase enemies after using Flash or Ignite. 

Bone Plating

Bone Plating reduces incoming burst damage from enemies, giving Annie extra survivability so she can stay in fights and use her abilities.

Flash

Ignite

Flash is a must for Annie. In many scenarios, it helps you avoid getting caught and get to safety. Flash also combos well with Annie's passive stun, Pyromania. It can be a game-changer when looking for an engage and can sometimes offer a free kill when you have backup from your team.

Ignite gives you more kill pressure and can help impact the early game. When using Pyromania, you can easily ignite a stunned target.

Early Game

In the Early Game, Annie can threaten enemies with Pyromania and Electrocute. This won't be enough to kill someone, but the early burst damage can help you get priority in the lane. Annie is one of the best setup champions, allowing your jungler to follow up. Make sure to save Pyromania if your jungler is looking to gank. If the enemy doesn't give you an opportunity to poke them, just farm minions using Disintegrate and get your core items to help you in the Mid/Late Game.

Late Game

Late Game is when you want to focus on grouping with your team and forcing fights. Every time Summon: Tibbers is available, you should always look at using Annie's AOE stun with her Pyromania . This is a game-changer in any teamfight. When playing Annie, you should never look to split push or stay on a side lane because she can easily be caught out. Sometimes, being patient in a bush is better than rushing damage on a tank. Finding high-value targets on the enemy team can be easy with Protobelt and Flash, and Annie can easily one-shot them with her combo.

Conclusion

Overall, Annie is a great champion for beginners. Her ability kit is quite simple and is a perfect champion to start your Mid Lane journey. Her combo has amazing burst damage that can be a game-changer every time you step onto the rift.

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