Annie·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Annie Top 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 Axiom Arcanist 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 Malignance as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Stormsurge. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 54.5% winrate over 662 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Annie Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Malignance, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Void Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.4% win rate over 547 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Axiom Arcanist in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Malignance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Void Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.2% win rate across 59 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Annie Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Axiom Arcanist, Celerity and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Relentless Hunter with Taste of Blood as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last 3 options are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 43.4% win rate over 53 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.