Kassadin vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Kassadin
based on 897 Kassadin vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Annie
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Kassadin vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Kassadin vs. Annie counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Annie..
Kassadin often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Annie
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Annie?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when facing off against Annie, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes a great counter for Annie.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Kassadin into Annieas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Annie matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a great counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kassadin versus Annie build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Annie than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 53.5% battling Annie with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Annie as Kassadin, Kassadin players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Kassadin vs Annie fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.5% winrate overall.
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