Annie vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Annie
based on 534 Annie vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Annie vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several important Annie vs. Ryze counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ryze..
Annie typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Ryze. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Ryze
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Who is Better, Annie or Ryze?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when playing against Ryze, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter to Ryze.
While Annie does have a higher winrate compared to Ryze, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Annie into Ryze.
Furthermore, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Annie is a decent counter to Ryze. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Annie against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Annie in order to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Ryze. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Annie versus Ryze build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Ryze than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Ryze with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Ryze 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Annie vs Ryze counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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