Xerath with Annie
How to Synergize Xerath and Annie
based on 1,397 Xerath with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Annie Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Annie
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Annie
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Annie helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Annie, he gets a moderate decrease in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Annie doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Annie. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Annie.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Annie on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Annie does a poor job of protecting Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Annie
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Annie?
There is no one best champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, Annie is a relatively poor teammate for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, she drops their win rate by -1.5% to 49.1%. This signals that there is a bad strategic relationship between Xerath and Annie that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Annie has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when lining up Annie teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Annie together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough sustained damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Annie ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath to synergize with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Xerath and Annie synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Annie than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.1% helping carry Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath and Annie pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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