By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Dark Child
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (1,275 games).
Annie, the Dark Child, counts her spells: every fifth one stuns through Pyromania, and Summon: Tibbers drops her bear into the fight. Her counted Master+ games are mostly Mid, where Electrocute was the usual keystone and Malignance, then Hextech Rocketbelt, began both item paths on this page.
MageSupport
Patch 26.18 · Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 1,275 games · Preview sample
1,275
Games
Moderate
Confidence
49.1%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite85.7%Win Rate
FlashIgnite
This exact page: taken in 10.8% of games·48.6% win rate over 138 games.
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total. Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.
While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Deathfire Touch21.9% taken · 53.4% win279 games
First Strike5.9% taken · 54.7% win75 games
Summon Aery2.7% taken · 47.1% win34 gamesDomination + Sorcery54.7% taken · 51.6% win697 games
Sorcery + Precision10.7% taken · 51.1% win137 games
Domination + Inspiration9.1% taken · 47.4% win116 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Annie's most common path.
QAnnie hurls a Mana infused fireball, dealing damage and refunding the Mana cost if it destroys the target.
Cooldown 4s · 60/65/70/75/80 Mana
WAnnie casts a blazing cone of fire, dealing damage to all enemies in the area.
Cooldown 7s · 70/75/80/85/90 Mana
EGrants Annie or an ally a shield, a burst of Move Speed, and damages enemies who strike her with attacks or spells.
Cooldown 10s · 60/65/70/75/80 Mana
RAnnie wills her bear Tibbers to life, dealing damage to units in the area.
Cooldown 130/115/100s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QDisintegrate | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WIncinerate | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EMolten Shield | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RSummon: Tibbers | R | R | R |
How Annie performs against enemy mid laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Track the roam — it is strongest where the enemy jungler already is
Punish the cooldown — Annie is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 6/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PPyromania
After casting 4 spells, Annie's next offensive spell will stun the target.Annie begins the game and respawns with Pyromania available.
Passive — never cast
QDisintegrate
Annie hurls a Mana infused fireball, dealing damage and refunding the Mana cost if it destroys the target.
Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 4sRange 625
WIncinerate
Annie casts a blazing cone of fire, dealing damage to all enemies in the area.
Cost 70/75/80/85/90 ManaCooldown 7sRange 600
EMolten Shield
Grants Annie or an ally a shield, a burst of Move Speed, and damages enemies who strike her with attacks or spells.
Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 10sRange 800
RSummon: Tibbers
Annie wills her bear Tibbers to life, dealing damage to units in the area. Tibbers can attack and also burns enemies that stand near him.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 130/115/100sRange 600
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Annie in 5 patches. The latest is patch 26.4, published 2026-02-18.
QDisintegrate
EMolten Shield
Annie has all but disappeared from the current game so we'd like to bring her back up to viability. While her primary player base is likely to be in mid lane, she's often enjoyed success at support as well, so we're also fanning the flames of her more supportive outputs.
WIncinerate
RSummon Tibbers
Annie's been on fire in pro play for quite some time as is also OP for regular play with the right skill order. Her W-first-max tech is quite powerful compared to her Q max, despite it being very uncommon outside of Pro, so we're going to reduce the power of this under-the-radar tech.
Base Stats
WIncinerate
Annie's adjustments have landed well, making her a functional burst mage who relies on her spell hits to deal damage. However, there's still some minor tuning to iron out, largely around her laning phase being a bit too weak and her late game being a bit too strong. These changes are meant to be only lightly power negative overall while giving her a much better early laning phase.
QDisintegrate
WIncinerate
RSummon: Tibbers
Annie released weaker than intended, specifically during her early game. We’re looking to amplify her identity as a burst mage, ease her laning phase, and reduce her mana costs which have been a pain point as of late.
Base Stats
QDisintegrate
WIncinerate
RSummon: Tibbers
For a while now, too much of Annie's power budget has been in Tibbers, especially his ability to passively stand next to enemies and burn them over time while applying multiple proc item effects. While this sort of play style will still exist to some degree, we wanted to shift the power back into Annie herself and give her the ability to burst enemies harder and still have a fighting chance when Tibbers is on cooldown. Additionally we are adding a new passive to her R that grants Annie percent magic pen that affects all of her damage. We want Annie to still be able to play the game when flash is on cooldown, and that means having a bit more target freedom and being able to get a little more value on frontline targets, this magic pen will help her in that department.
Riot's data lists 20 looks for Annie with their own art, the base skin included and 40 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Annie | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 560 | =161st | 620 |
| Health per level | 96 | =148th | 104 |
| Base armor | 23 | =144th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4 | =157th | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 30 | =110th | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.3 | =93rd | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 50 | =157th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.61 | 172nd | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 1.36% | =159th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 625 | 2nd | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 560 | +96 | 2192 | 156th of 173 |
| Mana | 418 | +25 | 843 | =133rd of 145 |
| Armor | 23 | +4 | 91 | 168th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 30 | +1.3 | 52.1 | =97th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Annie, the Dark Child, is a Mage and Support champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 6/10 for difficulty, 2/10 for attack, 3/10 for defense and 10/10 for magic. Annie spends Mana and has 20 skins with their own art. Annie's base attack speed of 0.61 is the 2nd-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20. Annie's attack range of 625 is the 2nd-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20.
Dangerous, yet disarmingly precocious, Annie is a child mage with immense pyromantic power. Even in the shadows of the mountains north of Noxus, she is a magical outlier. Her natural affinity for fire manifested early in life through unpredictable, emotional outbursts, though she eventually learned to control these “playful tricks.” Her favorite includes the summoning of her beloved teddy bear, Tibbers, as a fiery protector. Lost in the perpetual innocence of childhood, Annie wanders the dark forests, always looking for someone to play with.
