Gwen with Annie
How to Synergize Gwen and Annie
based on 1,063 Gwen with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Annie Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Annie
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Annie
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Gwen Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Annie helps Gwen perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen is an ally to Annie, she sees a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Annie provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played alongside Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Annie. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Annie.
Additionally, when Gwen plays with Annie on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Annie does a poor job of protecting Gwen in team fights.
Synergies between Gwen and Annie
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Annie?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Gwen that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, Annie is a very typical companion for Gwen. By locking into the same team as Gwen, she drops their win rate by -0.5% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Gwen and Annie that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Annie has a greater difficulty than Gwen. That means you must be careful when finding Annie allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Gwen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Gwen and Annie together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of engage. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Annie teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order to synergize with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Gwen and Annie synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Annie than with most other common builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 47.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Annie with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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