Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
The Lee Sin Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lee Sin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Annie helps Lee Sin perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lee Sin plays on the same team as Annie, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Annie helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played alongside Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Annie.
Additionally, when Lee Sin plays with Annie on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Annie does a poor job of protecting Lee Sin in team fights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Lee Sin that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, Annie is a very typical ally for Lee Sin. By playing on the same team as Lee Sin, she has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 47.3%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Lee Sin and Annie that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.
Annie has a lower difficulty than Lee Sin. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Annie allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Lee Sin players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Lee Sin and Annie together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Annie ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to pair well with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Lee Sin and Annie synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Annie than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 47.3% helping carry Annie with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.
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