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How to Win Annie vs Irelia Counter MatchupAnnie is in the a tier of champions

Annie vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Annie in LoLAnnie is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Annie

based on 1,621 Annie vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. In our database, Annie faced Irelia in 1621 rounds. Using so many games with Annie vs Irelia provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare actionable data and a recommended build to defeat Irelia. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Annie is forced to battle against Irelia in only 2.6% of her games.

Annie vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Annie has done a decent job of beating Irelia. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.1% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Annie vs Irelia games, Annie’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Annie vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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Second ability for Annie to level upw
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Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Annie

Tips for Playing as Annie against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Annie vs Irelia Counter Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Irelia Image
6.3
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
7
8.4
< Assists >
4.8
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
137
< Minions Killed >
204
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
944
< Physical Damage >
15,069
20,025
< Magic Damage >
5,977
1,360
< True Damage >
700
22,329
< Damage Dealt >
21,747
17,713
< Damage Taken >
31,113
10,881
< Gold Earned >
12,845
1.75
< Towers >
2.3
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,591
< Total Healing >
10,434
13,597
< Experience >
14,924
22
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
224
< Time Dealing CC >
110

How to Counter Irelia with Annie in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Annie versus Irelia counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Irelia..

Annie typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Annie and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Annie
Irelia

Who is Better, Annie or Irelia?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually wins when facing off against Irelia, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a good counter for Irelia.

While Annie does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when facing one another, Annie also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Annie into Irelia.

Additionally, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Irelia matchups, Annie is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Annie is a decent counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Annie against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Annie

Annie Loses Against

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune44.4% winrateTrundleTrundle45.4% winrateFizzFizz45.4% winrateOlafOlaf45.6% winrate

Annie Wins Against

PoppyPoppy55.9% winrateYuumiYuumi55.5% winrateZoeZoe55% winrateKindredKindred54.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank+ 53.4% 2119 GamesSingedSinged+ 53.6% 1372 GamesZyraZyra+ 53.6% 2015 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.1% 3193 Games

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Annie, we analyzed 1,621 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Irelia as Annie comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Annie Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Annie to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Annie typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Annie versus Irelia build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Irelia than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Irelia with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Irelia as Annie, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Annie vs Irelia face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Annie are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.