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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Annie Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Annie

How to Beat Annie as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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Mage

How to Beat Annie as Kai'Sa

based on 2,491 Kai'Sa vs Annie matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Annie as Kai'Sa resulted from an examination of 2491 ranked matches where both champions engaged each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Kai'Sa encounters Annie in only 1.6% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Annie Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a below average job of beating Annie. On average, she wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champs face one another in. In Kai'Sa vs Annie games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood against Annie.

Best Kai'Sa vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

BloodthirsterNashor's ToothStormrazorBlade of The Ruined King

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Annie as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Annie

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Win Against Annie

Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.

Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.

Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.

Kai'Sa vs Annie Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Annie Image
7.4
< Kills >
6.4
6.3
< Deaths >
6
5.9
< Assists >
8.1
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
179
< Minions Killed >
136
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
11,137
< Physical Damage >
880
7,537
< Magic Damage >
20,047
384
< True Damage >
1,206
19,058
< Damage Dealt >
22,133
19,860
< Damage Taken >
17,498
12,368
< Gold Earned >
10,903
2.1
< Towers >
1.9
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,232
< Total Healing >
1,595
12,589
< Experience >
13,556
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
10
46
< Time Dealing CC >
228

How to Counter Annie with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown here show several influential Kai'Sa against Annie counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Annie’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Annie..

Kai'Sa often has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Annie. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Annie

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Annie?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Annie, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Annie.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate compared to Annie, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Annie.

Additionally, Kai'Sa has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter to Annie. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Annie.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Annie Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Annie as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 2,491 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Annie as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Annie build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Annie than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Annie with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Annie as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kai'Sa vs Annie face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.

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