Xayah vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Xayah
based on 908 Xayah vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Annie
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Xayah vs. Annie counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Annie..
Xayah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Annie. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Annie
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Who is Better, Xayah or Annie?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Annie, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter to Annie.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Annie, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Annie.
Moreover, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a terribly counter for Annie. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Xayah versus Annie build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Annie than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 47.7% when playing against Annie with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Annie as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Xayah vs Annie counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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