Annie — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Annie in League of Legends: Classic, who Annie beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run mid, support. Patch 26.17.

Annie is weak against

Galio mid
Your MR passive blunts her burst and taunt interrupts the Tibbers follow-up.
Ahri mid
You outrange her stun and dash out of her Tibbers engage.
Kassadin mid
Shield eats your burst and he Riftwalks out of stun range.
Ryze mid
You out-sustain her mana and win extended trades after first item.

Annie is strong against

Karthus mid
Stun cancels Requiem and your burst kills him at 6 with Tibbers.
Soraka mid
Burst outpaces her heal and stun locks her out of the channel.

Annie Season 3 build

Start:

Doran's RingHealth Potion ×2

Core:

Deathfire GraspRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Stun plus DFG plus Tibbers is a full carry deletion at level 6.

Annie rune page

9× Mark of Magic Penetration9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Ability Power3× Quintessence of Ability Power

Flat magic penetration is the strongest first-blood stat in Season 3 - base MR is only 30 at level 1, so 9 marks strip a fifth of it. Scaling AP glyphs beat flat ones from about level 9.

Annie masteries

21/9/0 Offense. Archmage multiplies your whole AP curve, and Arcane Knowledge stacks with magic penetration marks.

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