Annie vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Annie
based on 948 Annie vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Annie vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Annie against Lulu counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lulu. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Annie normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Lulu. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Lulu
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Who is Better, Annie or Lulu?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually wins when taking on Lulu, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Annie makes a great counter to Lulu.
While Annie does have a higher win rate than Lulu, when facing one another, Annie also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Annie into Lulu.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lulu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Lulu matchups, Annie is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Annie is a great counter to Lulu. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Lulu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often accumulates much more CS relative to Lulu. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Annie versus Lulu build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Lulu than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 53.4% when countering Lulu with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Lulu as Annie, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Annie vs Lulu battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.4% win rate overall.
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