User blog comment:Texas Snyper/Elo Hell and You: Part 1 - The Impassable Barrier/@comment-203.206.4.104-20110907025344/@comment-3358335-20110907052043

Winning your lane does not necessarily mean you are more competent then your teammates that are losing their lane. It merely means you are more competent then the guy you are facing.

To add onto what Texas is saying, if you are playing with a group that is below your skill level then you need to pick characters that can do it on their own. Apparently, you can't with Annie. So learn a character that can. At 800 elo (Texas's example) Yi or Tryndamere should be sufficient. . .or Mundo or Xin.

At slightly higher Elo 1000 - 1300 you should be picking the more tankey dps's if you expect to carry your team, the Irelia's, Poppy's, and Xin's,

At some point you will reach high enough that the people you play with will start to recognize tactics, place wards, add pings, etc. Then you will need to start playing to team comp.