Maokai vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Maokai
based on 2,553 Maokai vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Annie
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Maokai vs. Annie matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Annie. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Annie
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Who is Better, Maokai or Annie?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Annie, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a great counter for Annie.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Annie, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Annie.
Additionally, Maokai 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Annie matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Annie. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average accumulates less CS compared to Annie. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Maokai versus Annie build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Annie than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.4% when countering Annie with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Annie as Maokai, 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 combinations that we analyzed for Maokai vs Annie battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.
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