Annie vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Annie
based on 862 Annie vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Annie vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Annie versus Jarvan IV counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Annie often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Annie or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually loses when trying to fight Jarvan IV, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a bad counter to Jarvan IV.
While Annie does have a lower winrate than Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Annie into Jarvan IV.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Jarvan IV matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Annie is a garbage counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie usually accumulates much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Annie versus Jarvan IV build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Jarvan IV than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Annie boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Jarvan IV with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Jarvan IV as Annie, Annie players should equip 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 picked for Annie vs Jarvan IV counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jarvan IV as Annie are shown for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.