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"YOUR ACTIONS ARE TRIVIAL! YOUR LIVES ARE MEANINGLESS! NOTHING CAN DEFEAT THE LIVING DEATH WHO WALKS!"
—Annihilus[src]

Annihilus is a Cosmic Champion. Being a Cosmic Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Tech Champions, but is weak to Mystic Champions.

Bio[]

After the Fantastic Four opened a portal to the Negative Zone in search of anti-particles, they encountered Annihilus. A vicious, raving, and paranoid insectoid creature ruling over the Negative Zone. Aided by his most prized possession, the Cosmic Control Rod, Annihilus has waged an all out war on every living thing in the Universe, for it’s the only way he can ensure nothing can ever threaten his life or his precious Cosmic Control Rod.

Summary[]

Annihilus is a momentum based defender that excels when trapping his Opponent in a corner. Annihilus’ Cosmic Control Rod provides him an array of immunities and powerful attacks that allow him to generate Fury and Unstoppable Buffs.

Mechanics[]

Annihilus is an offensive rushdown defender champion that can quickly shift the momentum of any fight.

Stats[]

Tier Max Rating Max Health Max Attack
TierStarTierStar 592 2282 168
AwakenedAwakened 725 - -
TierStarTierStarTierStar 1548 6002 440
AwakenedAwakenedAwakened 1895 - -
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 3851 14900 1092
AwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakened 4713 - -
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 7756 29874 2189
AwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakened 10481 - -
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 13230 50975 3734
AwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakened - - -

Abilities[]

Cosmic Control Rod - Buff

Dev Notes: The Cosmic Control Rod is the key to Annihilus’ kit. If you can remove this Buff he will struggle to turn the momentum of the battle in his favor. If you main Stark Spiderman, no need to read what this Buff does. You should just go fight Annihilus… everything will be fine.

Obliterating Strikes

  • While the Cosmic Control Rod is active, all Attacks have a 60% chance to be an Obliterating Strike.
  • Obliterating Strikes are not affected by Ability Accuracy reduction.
  • Obliterating Strikes have a 100% chance to inflict Armor Break, reducing Armor Rating by X for 5 seconds.
Tier Armor Reduction
TierStarTierStar 188.89
TierStarTierStarTierStar 205.56
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 222.22
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 233.33
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 250
  • Annihilus Purifies incoming Stun Debuffs while launching Obliterating Strikes.

Dev Notes: The Parry Mastery has no effect on Annihilus if his attack was an Obliterating Strike. Be careful! Confirm you successfully stunned him before launching your counter attack. That is unless you enjoy eating Bug Knuckle sandwiches.

Stifle - Max 12

  • Whenever Annihilus would inflict an Armor Break, he also has a 100% chance to inflict Stifle, reducing Offensive Combat Power Rate by 9% for 4 seconds.
  • While the Opponent is Stifled, Annihilus’ first Medium Attack in a combo removes 1 Stifle and generates 1 Fury Buff, increasing Attack Rating by X for 0.9 seconds.
Tier Attack Increase
TierStarTierStar 50.4
TierStarTierStarTierStar 132
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 327.6
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 656.7
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 1120.2
  • If the Opponent Dashes Back while Stifled, Annihilus removes 1 Stifle and gains 1 Unstoppable Buff lasting 1.1 seconds.

Dev Notes: Keep in mind that Stifles are still applied if the opponent is blocking, so sometimes it will be worth striking into a block to apply a few more Stifles to use later. When fighting against Annihilus, Stifles on their own aren’t that big of a deal. Don’t be afraid to let them stack up. The key is to pick the right time to dash back and get them off of you.

IT’S MIIIIINE--!

  • When the Cosmic Control Rod is Removed, Annihilus gains 3 Fury Buffs, each increasing Attack Rating by X for 10 seconds.
Tier Attack Increase
TierStarTierStar 67.2
TierStarTierStarTierStar 176
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 436.8
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 875.6
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 1493.6

Signature Ability[]

Tremble Before Me - Passive

  • While his Opponent's back is near a wall, Annihilus gains a Passive Aptitude, increasing the Potency of all Fury, Armor Up, and Precision Buffs by X%.
Tier Potency Increase
TierStarTierStar 9.99 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStar 9.99 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 9.99 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 10 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 10 - 100%
  • While Annihilus’ back is near a wall he gains a Passive Block Penetration Effect, allowing all attacks to ignore X% of the Opponents Block Proficiency.
Tier (Level) Block Proficiency Decrease
TierStarTierStar 25.04 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStar 25.04 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 25.04 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 25 - 100%
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 25 - 100%

Dev Notes: At max SIG, activating a Special 2 while the Opponents back is against a wall with 12 Stfile Debuffs will give Annihilus a whopping 720% attack rating increase for 12 seconds. Annihilus is an absolute monster when the momentum of the match is in his favor and this SIG doubles down on that theme.

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 - Control Infestation
Annihilus pounces onto his prey with two quick strikes, then fires a swarm of Control bugs to infest and dominate their mind.

  • Each hit Refreshes all Stifle Debuffs on the Opponent, the Final Hit pauses the Duration of all active Stifles for 6 seconds.
  • Any Paused Stifles on the Opponent increase Annihilus’ Offensive Combat Power Rate by 9%.

Dev Notes: Annihilus’ base kit is what makes him a powerful Defender, but using his Special Abilities correctly will make him a powerful Attacker. Constantly pressure your opponent and rush your Special 1 to stack up as many Stifles as possible to capitalize on his Special 2.

Special 2 - Cosmic Obliteration
Annihlus cripples his Opponent with a burst of wind before unleashing a Devastating blast of energy from the Cosmic Control Rod.

  • When activating this Special, Annihilus consumes every Stifle on the Opponent, each generating 1 Fury increasing Attack Rating by X for 18 seconds.
Tier Attack Increase
TierStarTierStar 50.4
TierStarTierStarTierStar 132
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 327.6
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 656.7
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 1120.2

Dev Notes: At max Stifles this provides Annihilus with a 360% Attack Rating boost and will be the greatest source of damage output for Annihilus.

Special 3 - The Living Death That Walks
Annihilus projects a horrific aura of fear, capable of crippling the minds of even the strongest willed Champions in the Realm.

  • Annihilus inflicts the Opponent with 10 Stifle Debuffs, each reducing Offensive Combat Power Rate by 9% for 4 seconds.
  • Until the Opponent has 0 Stifles remaining, the duration of Stifle Debuffs is increased by 125%.

Dev Notes: Once Annihlus drops his Special 3, every new Stifle he inflicts will last for 9 seconds making it much easier to build up the Special 2’s massive Fury boost. When facing Annihilus this Special is actual Nightmare Fuel, you’ll want to make sure you get rid of all the Stifles as quickly as possible before you get trapped in a corner with 9 second long Stifle Debuffs.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy Partner(s) Effect(s)
Challenger Hulk (Ragnarok) portrait Annihilus: Every time Annihilus’ Opponent activates a Fury effect, Annihilus gains an Armor Up Buff increasing Armor Rating by 8% for 4 seconds.
Hulk (Ragnarok): While Face Me is active, Hulk gains a Passive Fury boosting attack damage by 12%.
Contingency Plan: Whenever Hulk (Ragnarok) Strikes Annihilus with a SMASH attack, Annihilus gains 1 Fury Buff increasing Attack Rating by 100% for 4 seconds.
Dev Notes: Annihilus trusts no one but himself, but he does ally with others every now and then. Each of Annihilus’ Synergies come with a Contingency Plan that provides him with a Unique effect that comes into play in that specific matchup.
Double Negative Darkhawk portrait Annihilus: When Striking an Auto Blocking Opponent, Annihilus gets a Taunt passive for 0.5 seconds.
Darkhawk: Attack Rating increased by 9% while in any mode.
Contingency Plan: If Annihilus is fighting Darkhawk, Darkhawk's Armor Rating is decreased by 15% while in any mode.
Dev Notes: This one is a little weird. If the Cosmic Control Rod is active and Annihilus is taunted, he gains Unstoppable, Unblockable, and True Accuracy Buffs. So this Synergy just makes it so Annihilus blows through any Auto-Blocking champions.
Enemies - Level 3 Thing portraitHuman Torch portraitInvisible Woman portraitMister Fantastic portrait All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Incoming Synergy Partner(s) Effect(s)
Stay Positive America Chavez portrait America Chavez: Each Stack of Negative Zone generates 1.2% of a bar of Power every second.
Annihilus: While Annihilus has an active Unstoppable Buff he receives 50% less hit damage.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Rivals - Level 3 Diablo portrait All Champions: +115 Critical Damage Rating.
Fantastic Rage Doctor Doom portrait Doctor Doom: Heavy Attacks are guaranteed critical hits while the Opponent is suffering from a Stagger effect.
Solo: Only affects this Champion and does not stack.
Fantastic Fiends Mole Man portrait Mole Man: While Frenzied, Mole Man’s attacks lower Defensive Ability Accuracy by 50% fighting against the #Fantastic Four.
Annihilus: 20% chance to Purify a Debuff.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Total Annihilation Nova portrait Nova: Gain +40% Perfect Block chance when triggering Auto-Block.
Annihilus: +65% Physical Resistance while Unstoppable.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Wings and Fear Sauron portrait Sauron: When landing a Dash Attack, the Bleed damage inflicted now does 100% more damage and the duration increases by 20%.
Annihilus: Stifle duration is increased by 4 seconds and reduces Offensive Combat Power Rate by an additional 15%.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3 She-Hulk portrait All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Enemies - Level 3 Silver Surfer portrait All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Prisoner Terrax portrait Terrax: +15% Attack Rating.
Annihilus: All Fury Buffs last an additional 1 second(s).
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

  • Unstoppable pressure
    • Annihilus only needs to land a single hit to put his opponent into a bad situation. Once they’ve been stifled, dashing back will gift Annihilus an Unstoppable Buff allowing him to freely advance on his Opponent and loop them back into more pressure.
  • Immunity to Power Manipulation
    • Annihilus forces players to bait out his Special Attacks to prevent him from reaching a Special 3. Any attempts to lower his power will be instantly negated and any attempts to Taunt Annihilus will only be met with pain.

Weaknesses[]

  • Dependent on Cosmic Control Rod
    • Annihilus is highly susceptible to Nullifies, Fate Seals, and Staggers. Each time a Buff is to be removed by one of these effects, the Cosmic Control Rod will be the first to go, along with it all of his Immunities and his Ability to perform Obliterating Strikes.

Recommended Masteries[]

  • Enhanced Fury
    • This Mastery will increase the effectiveness of all Furies generated by Annihilus’s Special 2 and medium attacks.
  • Inequity
    • This mastery lowers the Opponents Attack Rating by up to 36% based on the number of active Debuffs. Since Annihilus will be applying so many Debuffs and has the ability to pause their duration, it’s relatively easy to cut down his Opponents Attack Rating.

References[]

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