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The ALP Guide to Annie Jungle

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Runes: Zzap Zzap

1 2

Domination

Electrocute

Cheap Shot

Grisly Mementos

Relentless Hunter

Sorcery

Manaflow Band

Absolute Focus

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Spells:

Standard

Flash

Smite

Items

Jungle Pets

Red Pet

Blue Pet

Green Pet

One Shot Annie

Early

One-Shot

Situational

Burn DOT

Early

Burn Them All!!

Situational

Normal AP

Early

Situational

Ability Order Standard

Annie Passive Ability

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Champion Build Guide

About Me

Hello, my name is Average Lillia Player (or ALP for short) though ingame I go by Yoon. As the name suggests, I main Lillia and prefer to avoiding laning as a whole, often queuing for Jungle or Support (but mostly Jungle). Almost all of my time in the game is spent making extremely strange picks in the Jungle work out, anything from meta to borderline throwing, I'm determined to make it work.

Champion Introduction

Abilities

Items

Annie, the Dark Child
Burst, Mage, Support, Mid-Laner, Mana, Ranged, Magic

Clearing: Extremely Unhealthy [3:56]
Ganking: Some CC, Bursts Enemies
Speciality: One-Shotting
Why Jungle Annie? Annie isn't a good clearer whatsoever, but her stun allows her to catch some early laners off guard and score an early kill or assist. After her first item, especially if it is Luden's, Annie does a decent job at keeping up in the clearing department and can easily get kills on her own. A lot of her power comes from proper positioning and using your passive on R to catch enemies by surprise by doing your full combo while they can't move.

Pros and Cons

Pros

➺ Easy Abilities
➺ Bursty
➺ Easy CC
➺ Low Cooldowns
➺ Strong All Game
➺ Has A Summon

Cons

➺ No Escape
➺ Awful Early Clear
➺ Struggles with Objectives
➺ Requires Good Positioning
➺ Not the Best Teamfighter
➺ Tibbers A.I.

Builds

ONESHOT

This is a bit of a riskier build as it requires better positioning than the others and puts you in a dangerous situation, but is very rewarding if done right and the most optimal build for Annie Jungle with enough practice. After your first item, clearing speeds up a bit but is still far from graceful - you need to "farm" champions more than anything else which can be difficult if your team is stomping the enemy. Keep an eye on your flash and go for a kill everytime it is up.

BURN

Burn is centered around Tibbers and his AOE burn on summon and while he's still alive. He becomes the main powerhouse while you dance around him and let him get in the way of skillshots and stuns. Toss your abilities then E out of range while Tibbers goes to town on the enemy.

SIMPLE AP

This AP build is more of a "safe pick" that trades survivability and mana for burst and killing/clearing power. It's a good starter build for Jungle Annie to get the hang of her kit and learn when to go in versus when not to, but it's not all that optimal if you somehow want to play this on a regular basis.

Skill Order

Q
Disintegrate
1 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 9
W
Incinerate
3 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 13
E
Molten Shield
2 / 14 / 15 / 17 / 18
R
Summon: Tibbers
6 / 11 / 16

> > >

starts level 1 for the low cooldown and second highest damage in level one abilities. Although W does more, it's better to get the more consistent damage with a low cooldown. Level 2 we take E for the shield and "thornmail" type of passive on her E. Level 3 we finish out our first abilities by taking W. Max out Q as it will be your primary damaging ability.

Ability Usage in Jungle

PASSIVE ABILITY

Pyromania

➺ generates a stack of whenever she hits an enemy with or uses her other abilities. When she gains four stacks of , her next ability will stun all targets hit. gains maximum stacks of when the game starts and upon respawning.

➺ In the Jungle, can give her enough time to back away from camps and kite them. Though it is her only form of CC and is most easily paired with Q or R to severely damage enemies, if not instantly kill them.

Disintegrate

➺ hurls a fireball at the target enemy that deals magic damage. If this fireball kills its target, half of the mana cost for it is refunded.

➺ In the Jungle, as this is 's lowest CD ability, it is her primary source of damage and most reliable ability. It's very easy to hit enemies considering it is a wide range point and click.

➺ This scales off of .

Incinerate

➺ releases fire in a cone in the target direction, dealing magic damage to all enemies in the cone.

➺ In the Jungle, is best used with a full combo or to clear AOE camps like or . It should not be used with the stun unless it is necessary to do so to escape or other abilities are not up, as it can be unreliable and a bit awkward to hit on close range enemies.

➺ This scales off of .

Molten Shield

➺ grants herself or an ally and Tibbers a shield. This grants that decays after a short moment. While Molten Shield is active, enemies that deal damage to it take magic damage. This can only happen one time per enemy.

➺ In the Jungle, is used to keep alive during her earlier clears, to grant her a boost that makes up for her lack of mobility during ganks, and to help both herself, Tibbers, and a nearby ally escape.

➺ The shield and the damage scale off of .

Summon: Tibbers

➺ ACTIVE: summons Tibbers in a burst of flame, dealing a large amount of magic damage to enemies near him. Tibbers then remains on the field as a controllable pet for a period of time.

➺ RECAST: controls Tibbers.

➺ Tibbers deals burning magic damage in a small circle around himself. This scales with .
➺ While out of combat for at least 5 seconds Tibbers heals himself every second and gains when moving towards 's location.
➺ Tibbers enrages for 3 seconds on summon and when stuns an enemy champion. During this time, Tibbers becomes ghosted and his base increases.
➺ If dies while Tibbers is active, he instantly heals himself for 50% of his missing health, becomes enraged for 10 seconds, and will target 's killer.

➺ In the Jungle, Tibbers is used for objectives when teammates refuse to help. Though that is typically a rare event - most of the time, he is instead used when is active to stun enemies on hit and have them endure the full R-Q-W combo. If this does not work, Tibbers can stay with and help her in the rest of the fight or retreat to tank her jungle clear for her.

Objectives

DRAGON

cannot solo dragons, and to be honest, she shouldn't try to do any objectives outside of 's unless it is a guaranteed free objective. Once mid-late game hits, this changes and she can go in to kill dragons and the like.

benefits the most from Hextech Soul. The slow and extra zap-zap damage is great for Tibbers to chase and kill enemies.

VOIDGRUBS

can solo these so long as she has lost chapter and a honeydew plant to eat throughout her clear. It is a slow clear, but with anything is possible.. preferably both charges of it to smite the first and last grub. But it can be done with just one.

RIFT HERALD

By the time Herald spawns, has probably given up a few dragons, so I ignore Herald unless it is stealable. It's a relatively slow clear for her to do by herself.

VORACIOUS ATAKAHN

Voracious Atakahn will spawn in lower-action games with fewer kills/damage, taking root in whichever side of the map has the most drama within it. It cannot be solo'd by or Tibbers, but Tibbers can provide a meatshield for the rest of the team and herself when doing the objective together. Remember to him and recast R to have him facetank it. Voracious Atakahn grants a free, one-time use of False Life but instead of reviving right in the middle of the fight, you blink back to your fountain.

RUINOUS ATAKHAN

likely won't be seeing too many Ruinous Atakahn's in games she isn't ahead in, due to being a very low-impact jungler made exclusively for fun in this position.. But nonetheless, follow the same strategy as above. Tibbers will likely last a bit longer without the close range sucking ability on Ruinous. Upon slaying Ruinous Atakhan, you are granted Crown of Carnage which permanently boosts rewards from epic monsters slain aswell as 6 stacks of Bloody Petals.

BARON NASHOR

can't solo baron and she gains more from Elder Drake, as she wants to one shot enemies rather than wave clear.

ELDER DRAKE

cannot solo Elder, but she should make it a high priority to get it with her team.

Clearing

RED SIDE

BLUE SIDE

Red Side is not optimal for 's first clear due to the high damage from these camps and her extremely heavy mana usage. After her blueside clear, she should go to , ,'s, then come back and do another time. If there is a chance to gank at any point, go for it rather than farm.

If should be starting to allow for a mana regeneration buff. She is very mana heavy in the early game and single target camps are much easier to kite. She starts with a leash, goes to , then goes to .

Core Items

ONE SHOT

BURN

ABILITY POWER

Feats of Strength

SORCERER'S SHOES
doesn't really build magic penetration too often, or at least not early into the game. Sorc's makes up for this for a little while until she can build properly.

FEATS OF STRENGTH
Feats of Strength is gained by completing two of three objectives before the enemy team. These objectives include 3 epic monsters slain, first to three kills, and first tower. For the only easy feat to get is first to three kills, but "easy" isn't the same definition it would be for a normal jungler. You have to play smart with your ganks and your cooldowns and your passive to land a kill early game with . The easiest way would be by invading, but even then it is a bit iffy and relies on your teamplay.

SPELLSLINGER'S SHOES
Upgrading SS grants you , providing a buff to and . in particular doesn't build these right away, since she struggles with gold a little bit in the jungle unless very far ahead. Just don't forget they exist, if you get FOS.

Summary

IN CONCLUSION
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EARLY GAME: Annie has perhaps one of the weakest first clears in the game - if you don't get a leash, that is. While she can solo clear (starting from blue buff, always start there) it is most optimal to have teammates give a thorough leash. Even so, she usually can't full clear before scuttle is up, so looking for easy ganks with passive up and going to scuttle early is your best bet.

MID GAME: Annie can hold her own as a Jungler after she buys her first item, especially if it is Luden's Companion. By this point in the game she can't quite one shot, but she can win 1v1's with some of the lower hp characters in the game and walk away with Tibbers to help her with her clear.

LATE GAME: Assuming Annie hasn't completely gone overboard with deaths, she should be able to be ahead of some of the enemy team or be close to catching up with her opponent in the jungle. She likes to look for easy picks in the backline or punish out of place squishies. She is a bit weaker in a teamfight due to her zap-zap burst, so she should dance in and out of range as much as possible as to not get caught out.