Annie·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Annie Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Absolute Focus and Manaflow Band in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Malignance. For your last 3 items, you should build Stormsurge, Shurelya's Battlesong and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 50.2% winrate over 1 633 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Celerity and Scorch in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Move Speed, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Dream Maker as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Shurelya's Battlesong as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Redemption and Bandlepipes. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 46.8% win rate across 173 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Annie Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Malignance as third item. The last 3 options are Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.7% win rate over 146 matches played.

Situational Annie Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Annie build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.