I'v started playing annie and using your guide I have been playing fantastic.

I have a question though. After I get sorc boots, RoA, Zhonya's Ring, void staff and the game is still going on I really don't know what to get now because you said ryjai isn't that great for annie. What would you say to get next?

I'd usually finish out with a guardian angel or banshee's veil at that point. If you really aren't worried about dieing throw on an abyssal scepter or that new book thing. Remember to always be drinking blue elixers also.

Countering Vlad and Mordekaiser Mid

Alright listen up, I played a few games these past few days and I'm going to tell you how to go head-to-head against Vlad and Mordekaiser (even though you won't encounter him mid often, just for lol's because the solution is so easy I can't believe I just recently understood it.)

OK. So after like 6 weeks of not playing the game, I think I went solo-mid against Vlad my first four games, (Riot take a hint maybe?) But whatever, that's OK. Annie has his number and I'd still rather face against a good Vlad than a good Katarina. Here's how you deal with him.

His Q spell is decent at best, if not bad, against Annie in my opinion. At first I was afraid of it because of the omg lifesteal but then I noticed it heals him for like 30 hp and has a decently long cooldown. That's fantastic, my auto-attack does twice that damage with 10x less cooldown. Whenever he tries to Q you, bait him back as far as you can, then Q->W->auto-attack combo. Keep chasing him and then zone him with auto-attacks and more Q's. With his Q on cooldown he sucks from what I can tell so far. Also, when you've harassed him and he wants to gain some HP back with Q, stay a bit back behind your creep line and force him to drain a minion. With his Q on cooldown again, you can run in and harass/zone him again.

The best Vlad I played against so far was smart enough to Pool whenever I launched Q stun. To my pleasant surprise however, this doesn't use up the stun! If he's just using Pool to get out of harass, all he's doing is stalling when he eventually takes it. Don't be afraid of Pool, seriously. I noticed most Vlad's are cocky as hell in it. Let him creep under you and look up your skirt if he feels like it. You can counter-rape him as soon as he materializes.

To sum up, always be auto-attacking and keep up an aggressive stream of Q harass. Positioning is key against Vlad. If he wants to Q you, make him earn it by chasing you to your side of the creeps where you can quickly E->W->Q stun and have your creeps hurt him a bit hopefully.



OK now for Mordekaiser. Omg, so simple and so easy. Before I used to play aggressive as hell against Mord right off the bat at level 1 to the point where one of us would retreat and both of us would be close to dying. I did this to stop him from building up his shield and establishing an early tempo.

After a game against him last night though it just clicked. His ability to push is his own downfall. Think about it. At around level 5, he pretty much instantly clears creep waves right? His creeps then push towards your tower where they take at least 2 tower hits each to die. After that the new wave of creeps will start making it to the middle of the lane again. Does anyone see it yet? During this entire time, his shield is passively draining. Now here's what you do. You lead in front of your creep line and stun combo him before he even gets to your new creeps. You'll take off his life and not his shield because it's pretty much all drained at this point and he can't reach your creeps. Keep repeating this process and pretty soon you can whittle him down and either zone/force him back to base or (flash) R Stun combo him for the kill if he doesn't pick up on it.



Let me know if this helps at all. GL