Leona vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Leona
based on 2,224 Leona vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Annie
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Leona versus Annie counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Annie. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Annie
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Who is Better, Leona or Annie?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Annie, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter for Annie.
While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Annie, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Annie.
Moreover, Leona also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Annie matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Leona is a great counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Leona in order to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona usually gets a lot less CS as Annie. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Leona versus Annie build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Annie than with many other common item sets. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Annie with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Annie as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Leona vs Annie clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Leona are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.