How to win lane as Vex against Annie · 45.21% win rate (1,575 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her combo is a sprint through your fear field — mark the approach and her engage spell arrives pre-interrupted.
Track: Annie's R — Summon: Tibbers (130–100s cooldown). Flash-Tibbers off a stocked passive stun is her whole threat — watch the glow under her feet.
Read from Vex's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Annie.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You out-range her 625 point-and-click and farm safely at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Your reach lets you poke at level 2 without entering her stun distance. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | E-Q chunks her from outside stun range through levels 3-5. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | At 4-5 the stun-tracking game favors your longer poke and W shield. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Shadow Surge lets you fear or disengage her level-6 flash-Tibbers all-in. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item your E-Q-W keeps her permanently outside stun range. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | In 2-item fights you kite from range her Tibbers and auto can't reach. |
Levels 1-2 Annie can shove and look for an early stunned trade, so respect her Pyromania stacks and don't stand in W-Incinerate range when she's charged. Farm at max range and use your reach to poke when her stun is not up. Keep the wave neutral so she can't set up a level-6 dive with jungle help. Track Summon: Tibbers is 130s at rank 1 — flash-Tibbers off a stocked Pyromania stun is her whole threat; watch the glow under her feet and step up on its downtime.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vex's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vex 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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Annie, slightly — Vex wins 45.21% of 1,575 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Annie has a small statistical edge (54.79% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Annie has the slight edge (Vex wins 45.21%), though it stays close.
Vex takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Transcendence) vs Annie.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — the gloom goes sustainable. Build Luden's Companion first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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