How to win lane as Qiyana against Annie · 53.04% win rate over 526 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Annie | Level 1 is Annie's — her point-and-click Q pokes and stacks Pyromania while you have no element to answer. |
| Level 2 | Qiyana | Level 2 flips to you: an attuned element gives your combo and she has no mobility to escape your dash. |
| Level 3 | Qiyana | Level 3 with all elements online you out-burst her in the window after her stun is spent. |
| Levels 4-5 | Qiyana | Levels 4-5 you dictate trades and freeze to deny her safe stack-farming. |
| Level 6 | Qiyana | Level 6 your Audacity burst kills her before Tibbers whenever her Pyromania is grey. |
| First item | Qiyana | First item you one-combo her from stealth the moment her stun is on cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Qiyana | At 2+ items her total lack of mobility lets you out-position and pick her every fight. |
Level 1 tips to Annie: her point-and-click Q pokes and stacks Pyromania while you have no attuned element or range to trade back, so play for XP and dodge the stun line. Watch her stack counter obsessively — the danger is entirely in that charged stun, not her raw stats.
The full Qiyana vs Annie 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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