Yasuo vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Yasuo
based on 5,009 Yasuo vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Annie
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Yasuo versus Annie matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Annie..
Yasuo typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Annie
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when taking on Annie, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a poor counter to Annie.
While Yasuo does have a lower win rate than Annie, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Annieas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo in order 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Annie. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Annie build consist of Wit's End, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Annie than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Annie with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Annie as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Yasuo vs Annie matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Yasuo are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.