How to win lane as Zed against Annie · 52.04% win rate over 1,835 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even and entirely about whether her Pyromania stun is charged. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 the trade still hinges on her passive stack, not kit dominance. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays a skill check around counting her stun stacks. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4 it remains even, decided by stun management on both sides. |
| Level 6 | Zed | At 5-6 your Death Mark kills her immobile body from a stun-safe range. |
| First item | Zed | Lethality lets you delete her whenever her stun is down, and she can't escape. |
| Two+ items | Zed | Late, Annie's total lack of mobility means your combo keeps killing her, keeping you ahead. |
Levels 1-4 are a skill matchup decided by her Pyromania stun: trade when it's uncharged and you win, walk into it charged and you lose, so count her casts.
The full Zed 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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