Annie·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Annie Mid 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 Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.1% winrate over 8 193 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Annie Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. 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 Luden's Companion, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Stormsurge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 49.0% win rate over 806 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Absolute Focus 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 Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 52.9% win rate across 227 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Annie Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport 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 Stormsurge as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, 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 54.5% win rate over 213 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.