Viktor vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Viktor
based on 869 Viktor vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Annie
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here feature some significant Viktor against Annie counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between these two champs. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Viktor often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Annie. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Annie
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Who is Better, Viktor or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when facing off against Annie, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a good counter for Annie.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Annieas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Annie matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Annie. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor often picks up a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Viktor versus Annie build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Annie than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Annie as Viktor, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Viktor vs Annie fights, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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