Annie vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Annie
based on 2,579 Annie vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Graves
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Annie vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Annie vs. Graves counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Annie usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Graves
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Who is Better, Annie or Graves?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when playing against Graves, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Annie makes an ok counter to Graves.
While Annie does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Annie into Graves.
Furthermore, Annie also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter for Graves. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie often racks up more CS compared to Graves. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Annie versus Graves build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Graves than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Graves with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Graves as Annie, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Annie vs Graves fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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