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How to Synergize Annie with Riven on the Same TeamAnnie is in the a tier of champions

Annie with Riven

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How to Synergize Annie and Riven

based on 1,935 Annie with Riven pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Annie has gone into battle with Riven in 1935 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much relevant data from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Annie play with Riven. It is relatively rare for Annie to play alongside Riven on the same team. This pairing has only happened in about 3.1% of rounds with Annie.

Annie Riven Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Annie does a below average job of fighting on the same side as Riven. Usually, she wins a lowly 48.3% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Annie when playing alongside Riven by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Annie vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassShadowflameLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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Second ability for Annie to level upw
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Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Riven

Tips for Playing as Annie with Riven

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.

Advice to Understand How Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Annie Riven Synergy Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Riven Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.4
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
8.3
< Assists >
8.1
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
139
< Minions Killed >
137
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
888
< Physical Damage >
885
20,470
< Magic Damage >
20,558
1,196
< True Damage >
1,243
22,555
< Damage Dealt >
22,687
17,945
< Damage Taken >
18,233
10,908
< Gold Earned >
10,970
1.77
< Towers >
1.77
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,633
< Total Healing >
1,673
13,568
< Experience >
13,685
23
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
10
231
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Play with Riven as Annie in LoL

The Annie Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Annie sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Riven helps Annie perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Annie is paired with Riven, she sees a small decrease in her complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Riven does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played with Riven on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Riven. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Riven.

Moreover, when Annie plays with Riven on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Riven does a decent job of protecting Annie in teamfights.

Synergies between Annie and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Annie
Riven

Is Annie better when played alongside Riven?

There is no top synergy for Annie that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, Riven is a very typical companion for Annie. By locking into the same team as Annie, she drops their win rate by -1.0% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Annie and Riven that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Riven has a greater difficulty than Annie. That means you need to be very careful when finding Riven allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Annie players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by aligning Annie and Riven together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Riven ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Annie and Riven, we analyzed 1,935 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Annie with Riven comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Annie to work well with Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Annie and Riven synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Riven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 48.3% helping carry Riven with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Annie and Riven pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.

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