AP Annie Build
AP Annie build with runes and items. AP Annie guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play AP Annie build in League of Legends Patch 25.S1.2!
Author: Wrekah
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
Q
W
E
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
AP Annie Runes
Domination
Precision
Passive
How it works
General
- You play poke oriented Mage.
- You rush Luden's Companion.
- You build AP items, going full damage.
How to play
General
- Playing AP Annie build, your default rush is Luden's Companion. In cases, when an enemy team is full of tanks and HP stackers, go Liandry's Torment.
- Adapt to an enemy team. Are they full of tanks, and they rush tons of Magic Resist? You rush Void Staff as #2 or #3 item to counter MR stacking. Their team has champs with lots of healing? Rush Oblivion Orb as #2 item (upgrade to Morellonomicon as 4th or 5th item).
- Somebody is going after you each fight? Always getting ulted by enemy assassins? Rush Zhonya's Hourglass.
Tips and Tricks
Champion
- Keep track of the stacks of your Pyromania (Passive)!
- Disintegrate (Q) has travel time, Incinerate (W) is as instant cast, and Summon: Tibbers (R) is a targeted ability. It means that instant stun that they cannot dodge or site step is W.
- If you are not sure if you will land Tibbers, use Q first to stun them, then use R.
- If you hit somebody with Mark (Snowball) and you go in, it is very telegraphed action. Opponents will expect you to use Tibbers right off. So they will use Flash as soon as you get to them. In such cases, it is better to stun them with Q or W. Followed by Tibbers to destroy them, while they are stunned.
- Preparing to engage? Stack your Pyromania (Passive) with Incinerate (W) and Molten Shield (E).
- If you want to catch somebody off guard or have better engage, use Molten Shield (E) on yourself for Movement Speed buff beforehand.
- Annie combo #1: you can stun somebody with Disintegrate (Q) with 3 stacks! It has travel time, so during that you can use W or E to get full stacks and Q will still stun them.
- Do not be shy and do not wait for 'special moment'. You have good engaging and catching tool - AoE stun with R. Paired with movement speed buff from E + Flash it is a certain AoE stun and often won fight.
Riot
- Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
- Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
- 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.
Skill Order
- DisintegrateQ
- IncinerateW
- Molten ShieldE
- Summon: TibbersR
Items
Starting items
Rush this
Rush this vs. tanks
Boots
For mana problems
Good items
Situational items
Against high MR
Counter high HP
Counter healing
For the last fight
Example final build