How to win lane as Annie against Brand · 52.65% win rate over 773 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Level 1: Brand's base Q damage and mana-free poke outtrade Annie's early Disintegrate before she has any item power. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level 2: Two ability points still favor Brand's burn combo over Annie's single-target nuke in a straight trade. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Levels 3-5 skill-based: whoever lands Pillar/stun windows cleaner wins the trade — it swings on execution, not kit alone. |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | Levels 4-5 favor Annie: her passive stun starts resetting reliably every 4 spells, letting her punish Brand's cooldowns. |
| Level 6 | Annie | Level 6: Tibbers gives Annie a follow-up all-in tool that outclasses Brand's more poke-oriented ultimate. |
| First item | Annie | First item: Annie's burst mythic completes her one-combo kill threat faster than Brand can land a full rotation. |
| Two+ items | Annie | 2+ items: Annie's stun-into-burst one-shots squishies before Brand's slower multi-cast combo finishes. |
Levels 1-2 are rough: Brand's Q alone outdamages your Q in a straight trade and he can double-stage a combo before you have items. Hold E for the burn tick and only step up when your passive stun is charged and he's out of mana. From 3-5 he can two-shot your HP bar with Q-W-Q if you stand in the wave; play from max range and let him overextend chasing CS. Do not contest all-ins without Pyromania armed — his damage curve out-scales your raw stats every level up to 6.
The full Annie vs Brand report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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