Annie vs Kassadin — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Annie against Kassadin · 48.31% win rate over 563 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Annie owns 4 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Kassadin: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Annie wins 48.31% of games vs Kassadin in mid lane (563 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is an even skill matchup with both champions just farming under short poke ranges.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 stays skill-dependent as neither side has landed a meaningful trade advantage yet.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3-5 remains a skill matchup — Kassadin's early weakness is real but punishable both ways.
Levels 4-5AnnieLevels 4-5 swing toward you as Tibbers' looming threat starts limiting his trade options.
Level 6AnnieLevel 6 is your peak spike — Kassadin's mana-starved post-6 window lets your all-in kill him outright.
First itemAnnieFirst item still favors you since your burst output outpaces his early Riftwalk-reliant damage.
Two+ itemsAnnie2+ items favors Kassadin as full Riftwalk-CDR scaling turns him into a lethal late-game burst threat.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

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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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