How to win lane as Annie against Kassadin · 46.63% win rate (1,128 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He has to dive a stocked stun and a bear — the assassination math fails as long as the counter glows.
Track: Kassadin's R — Riftwalk (5–2s cooldown). His mobility spike — the lane is decided before it scales.
Read from Annie's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kassadin.
This is Annie's own plan; across 1,128 pooled games the lane is leaning Kassadin.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is an even skill matchup with both champions just farming under short poke ranges. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-dependent as neither side has landed a meaningful trade advantage yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3-5 remains a skill matchup — Kassadin's early weakness is real but punishable both ways. |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | Levels 4-5 swing toward you as Tibbers' looming threat starts limiting his trade options. |
| Level 6 | Annie | Level 6 is your peak spike — Kassadin's mana-starved post-6 window lets your all-in kill him outright. |
| First item | Annie | First item still favors you since your burst output outpaces his early Riftwalk-reliant damage. |
| Two+ items | Annie | 2+ items favors Kassadin as full Riftwalk-CDR scaling turns him into a lethal late-game burst threat. |
Levels 1-2 are an even skill matchup where Kassadin's short Nether Blade range means neither side has a clear poke advantage yet — both champions are just farming and probing. Through levels 3-5 it stays skill-dependent: Kassadin is notoriously weak in this window with no mobility and low damage, so if you land a stun on an overextension you can punish hard, but he can also punish your own overextensions with Nether Blade-empowered autos. Play it as a even lane and look for any misstep.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Annie's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Annie vs Kassadin 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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Kassadin, slightly — Annie wins 46.63% of 1,128 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Kassadin has a small statistical edge (53.37% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Kassadin has the slight edge (Annie wins 46.63%), though it stays close.
Annie takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Scorch) vs Kassadin.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — refunds become a war chest. Build Stormsurge / Luden's first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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