Zilean with Annie
How to Synergize Zilean and Annie
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Zilean Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Annie
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Annie
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Annie helps Zilean perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Annie, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Annie does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Annie on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Annie does a poor job of protecting Zilean during team fights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Annie?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Zilean that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Annie is a very bad companion for Zilean. By locking into the same team as Zilean, she drops their win rate by -3.4% to 47.3%. This proves that there is a very bad synergy between Zilean and Annie that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Annie has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Annie allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working together, Zilean players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Zilean and Annie together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of attack damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Annie ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to pair well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Zilean and Annie synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Annie than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 47.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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