Ryze vs Annie — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Ryze against Annie · 43.95% win rate over 860 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Annie is favoured — Annie owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Ryze's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Ryze wins 43.95% of games vs Annie in mid lane (860 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1AnnieLevel 1 Annie's point-and-click Q and stun buildup give her uncontested poke.
Level 2AnnieLevel 2 a charged Pyromania stun threatens burst you cannot dodge at short range.
Level 3AnnieLevel 3 her stun-into-Q combo remains a kill threat you can only respect.
Levels 4-5AnnieLevels 4-5 a full stun still deletes you before your kit can respond.
Level 6AnnieLevel 6 Summon: Tibbers on a stun is a guaranteed one-combo kill.
First itemRyzeFirst item health lets you survive Tibbers and punish her long cooldown.
Two+ itemsRyzeTwo-plus items your sustained Q DPS and R dominate her one-note burst kit.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are all Annie: her point-and-click Q Disintegrate and building Pyromania stun let her poke and threaten a stun-burst you can't dodge, so last-hit at max range and watch her passive stack count religiously.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Ryze 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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