Annie ARAM Mayhem Build

The Dark Child. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #91 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MageSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 49.4%
Pick rate: 2.2%
Rank: #91 of 173
Games: 499,620
Patch: 26.21

How to play Annie in ARAM Mayhem

Annie is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #91 of 173 champions, with a 49.4% win rate over 499,620 games.

92% of Annie's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It keeps its team alive with 4,317 shielding on teammates in an average game; stay behind your frontline and save it for the fights that matter.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Malignance, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 50.1% win rate over 353,632 games. For boots, Sorcerer's Shoes are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Annie are Infinite Recursion, Blue Barrier and Mad Scientist. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Nightstalking and Juiced when you can: they do worst on Annie. A pair to look for: Mad Scientist with Forged By The Master.

Take Flash and Ghost (17% of players); Mark is the common alternative. Max Q (Disintegrate) first, then W, then E. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Annie ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Annie game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

50.1% win rate · 84% of Annie games · 353,632 games

Start

Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Malignance
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Annie, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	37%
Sorcerer's Shoes	47%
Gluttonous Greaves	6%

Situational, after the core

Archangel's Staff3% buy it
Rylai's Crystal Scepter6% buy it
Void Staff36% buy it
Stormsurge22% buy it
Banshee's Veil3% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass19% buy it

Most bought items

Malignance75% of games
Shadowflame66% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap49% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes45% of games
Liandry's Torment40% of games
Stormsurge35% of games
Luden's Echo24% of games
Void Staff22% of games
Rylai's Crystal Scepter20% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass19% of games

Best augments for Annie

Every card with enough Annie games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Annie's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Blue BarrierTier S
2HomeguardTier A
3Ocean SoulTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Annie

6 S tier and 27 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Annie in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier S	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Group Hug	Prismatic	Tier A	Healing or Shielding an allied champion with selected ability casts that spell again on 2 other nearby allied champions. Heals and Shields…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Infernal Conduit	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities apply an infinitely stacking Burn, dealing (2–20 (by level) +1.2% Ability Power +2.8% Bonus Attack Damage) magic damage per…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Surge Field	Prismatic	Tier A	On ultimate cast, spawn a Zone around you. While in it, gain 50 Ability Haste, 40% Movement Speed, and fire missiles that deal 20% of damage…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Bread and Cheese	Gold	Tier A	Your selected ability gains 100 Ability Haste.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Tripleshot	Prismatic	Tier A	Your selected ability targets 2 additional enemies in front of you. Units take less damage from the same spell.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Fey Magic	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging with your Ultimate Polymorphs enemies for 2 seconds (15 second Cooldown).
Transmute: Gold	Silver	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Gold Augment.

Average on Annie
42 cards, best first

Below average on Annie
32 cards, best first

Weakest on Annie
9 cards, best first

Best first augment for Annie

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Annie's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Infinite Recursion, Omni Soul and Surge Field come out on top.

The best augments for Annie in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Infinite RecursionTier S	Infinite RecursionTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Blue BarrierTier S
2	Omni SoulTier S	EurekaTier S	EurekaTier S	EurekaTier S
3	Surge FieldTier S	Blue BarrierTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier S	With HasteTier S
4	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	HomeguardTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	HomeguardTier S	Blue BarrierTier S	Hand of BaronTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Annie, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost17% of players · 49.8% win rate
Flash + Mark79% of players · 49.4% win rate
Flash + Clarity1% of players · 48.7% win rate

Skill order

QDisintegrate
WIncinerate
EMolten Shield

Max Q first. 59% of players use this order (50.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (19% of players) wins 51.6%.

Annie in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 8.8 / 11.3 / 28.2
KDA: 3.63
Damage to champions: 34,695
Damage taken: 26,935
Self-mitigated: 17,516
Healing on allies: 22
Shielding on allies: 4,317
Crowd control: 40 s
Kill participation: 67%
Game length: 16:50

Damage type

Physical 3%Magic 92%True 5%

Questions and answers

What is the best Annie build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Annie: Malignance, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Annie in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Annie, best first: Infinite Recursion, Blue Barrier, Mad Scientist, Eureka and Hand of Baron. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Annie good in ARAM Mayhem?

Annie is tier B on patch 26.21, #91 of 173 champions, with a 49.4% win rate over 499,620 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Annie in ARAM Mayhem?

For Annie's first pick on patch 26.21: Infinite Recursion, Omni Soul, Surge Field, Wooglet's Witchcap and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Annie counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.