How to win lane as Annie against Qiyana · 53.95% win rate over 658 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Annie | Level 1 favors you because Disintegrate punishes her early trades before she has W procs to escape or all-in with |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is a skill check — both champs are still setting up combos and neither has a clean kill threshold yet |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even as she starts weaving terrain procs but you can still poke her off approach with Incinerate |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | Level 4-5 favors you since Passive stun plus Tibbers is now lethal on her squishy HP before she gets a full rotation off |
| Level 6 | Annie | Level 6 favors Qiyana because her ultimate's flash-dash lets her jump onto you exactly when your stun is down |
| First item | Qiyana | First item favors you as Luden's/Mask burst plus a pre-placed stun kills her before she reaches her combo range |
| Two+ items | Annie | 2+ items favors you because your point-and-click one-shot combo is simply higher-ceiling burst than her terrain combo at equal gold |
Levels 1-2 are close to even skill checks where whoever lands Disintegrate or an elemental auto first gets the tempo, then Qiyana can start looking for real trades level 3 onward as she picks up W and unlocks rock/grass procs, but she has to walk through your poke zone to reach you so it's still a skill matchup rather than a clean favor either way.
The full Annie vs Qiyana 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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