Mid Matchup

Annie vs Aurora

Patch: 15.16 (25.16)
League: Platinum+
Annie

Annie

the Dark Child
Mid
Annie Mid Overall Win Rate
51.72%

Matchup Win Rate

51.2%
Annie vs Aurora Wins
⚔
48.8%
Aurora vs Annie Wins
Aurora

Aurora

the Witch Between Worlds
Mid
Aurora Mid Overall Win Rate
50.12%

Annie vs Aurora - Mid Matchup Guide Patch 15.16 (25.16)

Annie Mid vs Aurora Mid - Who is stronger?

Annie Mid has a slight edge over Aurora (51.2% win rate) based on 675 games. The matchup slightly favors Annie.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Annie Mid vs Aurora Mid in patch 15.16 (25.16), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 62.5% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 2.9% popularity, Annie constantly encounters meta-dominant Aurora (4.4%, 17th place out of 61 Mid champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Annie performance in the current patch. Meta strength confirmed: Annie's superior tier rating (A vs B+) translates into a solid 51.2% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Annie ranks 17th in win rate among Mid champions. Optimize for consistency: Summon Aery paired with Axiom Arcanist (69.4% win rate, 5.9% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Malignance > Shadowflame > Rabadon's Deathcap with Sorcerer's Shoes delivers 62.5% win rate against Aurora.

Lane dominance: Annie not only wins the matchup but crushes CS (6.42/min vs 6.41 for Aurora). This 0.01 CS/min advantage generates significant gold leads that compound your already favorable position. Quality over quantity: Annie wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (718 vs 866/min), the 51.2% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Annie wins the matchup (51.2%) despite a lower KDA (2.20 vs 2.50). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Annie vs Aurora - Mid Stats Comparison

Annie Mid
Annie Mid		Versus
Aurora Mid
Aurora Mid
ATierB+
51.2%Matchup Winrate48.8%
51.72%Role Winrate50.12%
#17Winrate Rank#42
2.9%Pickrate4.4%
2.2Average KDA2.5
403Gold per Minute422
6.42CS/Min6.41
0.33Wards per Minute0.34
718Damage per Minute866

How to Beat Aurora as Annie (Mid)

While statistically Annie is slightly stronger than Aurora in the mid lane, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Annie deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Meanwhile, Aurora deals primarily magic damage (89.46%), additional magic resistance may be required.

An important advantage of Annie is higher farming statistics (ranked 35th among role champions) (versus 36th for Aurora), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.5 versus 2.2) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Annie Mid versus Aurora Mid matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Annie player to maintain constant pressure on Aurora, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Annie vs Aurora: Mid Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
45.8% Win Rate60.3% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
50.1% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate

Annie vs Aurora: Mid Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Damage: 70 - 240 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) damage.
Cooldown: 20s

'We called them the Thunderlords, for to speak of their lightning was to invite disaster.'

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).

Cooldown: 4s
Activates on damage occurring after the impairment.

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected. In game modes where vision Trinkets do not exist, instead gain 3 Summoner Spell Haste.

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Axiom Arcanist Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding.
(AoE damage is reduced to a 8% increase)

Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown by 7%.

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is …

Absolute Focus
Absolute Focus While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 Ability Power (based on level).

Grants 1.8 Attack Damage or 3 Ability Power at level 1.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 …

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

44.0% Win Rate77.6% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

Summon Aery

Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

Axiom Arcanist
Axiom Arcanist Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding.
(AoE damage is reduced to a 8% increase)

Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown by 7%.

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is …

Celerity
Celerity All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Celerity

All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Domination
Taste of Blood
Taste of Blood Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) health (based on level)

Cooldown: 20s

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP)…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

69.4% Win Rate5.9% Pick Rate

Annie vs Aurora: Mid Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
50.4% Win Rate85.1% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
51.7% Win Rate70.3% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
51.7% Win Rate19.5% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
47.9% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
Core Build
Lost Chapter
Lost Chapter (1200 gold) 40 Ability Power
300 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Enlighten
Levelling up restores 20% max Mana over 3 seconds.
->
Malignance
Malignance (2700 gold) 85 Ability Power
600 Mana
15 Ability Haste
Scorn
Gain 20 Ultimate Ability Haste.
Hatefog
Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3s, dealing magic damage per second and reducing their Magic Resist.
Stormsurge
Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
4% Move Speed
Stormraider
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Squall
After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
55.6% Win Rate20.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
59.7% Win Rate23.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
55.9% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
55.1% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.4% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
51.7% Win Rate70.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Lost Chapter
Lost Chapter (1200 gold) 40 Ability Power
300 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Enlighten
Levelling up restores 20% max Mana over 3 seconds.
->
Malignance
Malignance (2700 gold) 85 Ability Power
600 Mana
15 Ability Haste
Scorn
Gain 20 Ultimate Ability Haste.
Hatefog
Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3s, dealing magic damage per second and reducing their Magic Resist.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
62.5% Win Rate3.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
71.7% Win Rate4.7% Pick Rate
Other Items
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
56.7% Win Rate19.2% Pick Rate
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration
51.7% Win Rate16.6% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
71.7% Win Rate4.7% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
59.3% Win Rate4.2% Pick Rate
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter (2600 gold) 65 Ability Power
400 Health
Rimefrost
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies by 30% for 1 second.
49.8% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
53.8% Win Rate3.2% Pick Rate
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon (2950 gold) 75 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Grievous Wounds
Dealing magic damage to champions applies 40% Wounds for 3 seconds.
50.3% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate

Annie vs Aurora: Mid Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Disintegrate Annie hurls a Mana infused fireball, dealing damage and refunding the Mana cost if it destroys the target.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Incinerate Annie casts a blazing cone of fire, dealing damage to all enemies in the area.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Molten Shield Grants Annie or an ally a shield, a burst of Move Speed, and damages enemies who strike her with attacks or spells.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Summon: 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.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
46.5% Win Rate45.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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2
3
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R
Q
Disintegrate Annie hurls a Mana infused fireball, dealing damage and refunding the Mana cost if it destroys the target.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Incinerate Annie casts a blazing cone of fire, dealing damage to all enemies in the area.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Molten Shield Grants Annie or an ally a shield, a burst of Move Speed, and damages enemies who strike her with attacks or spells.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Summon: 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.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
55.6% Win Rate1.2% Pick Rate

Annie tips:

  • 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.

Annie Mid other Matchups

Annie
+6.0%
Azir

Annie vs Azir

Annie
+5.6%
Taliyah

Annie vs Taliyah

Annie
+5.3%
Sylas

Annie vs Sylas

Annie
+4.0%
Vex

Annie vs Vex

Annie
+3.8%
Yone

Annie vs Yone

Annie
+3.5%
Mel

Annie vs Mel

Annie
+3.3%
Yasuo

Annie vs Yasuo

Annie
+3.2%
Katarina

Annie vs Katarina

Annie
+3.0%
Twisted Fate

Annie vs Twisted Fate

Annie
+2.8%
LeBlanc

Annie vs LeBlanc

Annie
+2.7%
Hwei

Annie vs Hwei

Annie
+2.4%
Ekko

Annie vs Ekko

Annie
+1.7%
Zoe

Annie vs Zoe

Annie
+1.7%
Lissandra

Annie vs Lissandra

Annie
+1.5%
Akali

Annie vs Akali

Annie
+1.4%
Ryze

Annie vs Ryze

Annie
+1.3%
Vladimir

Annie vs Vladimir

Annie
+1.1%
Malzahar

Annie vs Malzahar

Annie
+1.0%
Ahri

Annie vs Ahri

Annie
-0.2%
Anivia

Annie vs Anivia

Annie
-1.1%
Orianna

Annie vs Orianna

Annie
-1.1%
Lux

Annie vs Lux

Annie
-1.4%
Galio

Annie vs Galio

Annie
-1.6%
Zed

Annie vs Zed

Annie
-1.9%
Syndra

Annie vs Syndra

Annie
-2.0%
Diana

Annie vs Diana

Annie
-2.0%
Akshan

Annie vs Akshan

Annie
-2.5%
Viktor

Annie vs Viktor

Annie
-3.5%
Fizz

Annie vs Fizz

Annie
-3.6%
Irelia

Annie vs Irelia

Annie
-4.4%
Veigar

Annie vs Veigar

Annie
-4.5%
Xerath

Annie vs Xerath

Annie
-6.6%
Aurelion Sol

Annie vs Aurelion Sol