Do Annie and Yi have ANY counterplay?!

Yautja wannabe·Oct 2, 2015·1 votes·946 views

I mean, she has two instacast AoE spells, a point and click spell that she can use as a farming tool as well as a poking tool, and a broken passive that will reset ONLY if she uses an offensive spell. Like wtf? Not to mention you can dodge or block her q, and not even that will reset her passive. Was Riot going for zero counterplay when they made this champion? Another champion that could use a rework is Master Yi. Sure, he has counter play, but the only thing that will shut him down is a ton of burst and hard cc. Other than that you can't 1v1 him unless you're using Kayle or Tryndamere, and if you can't shut him down in team fights he'll destroy you every single time.

14 Comments

BronzoidOct 2, 20155 votes

The Counterplay to Annie is outranging her. Pick cancer Lux and collect free win.

ModWulf HelhammerOct 2, 20151 votes

Xerath is pretty good too. He takes more time to get good with because his stuff is a bit harder to land though, plus you aren't as safe

Yautja wannabeOct 2, 20151 votes

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The Counterplay to Annie is outranging her. Pick cancer Lux and collect free win.

I have tried that, but all she needs is a good gank or her flash, ult, and ignite.

WinBoatOct 2, 20151 votes

LOL, omg man. just pick Heimerdinger, you'll never lose a mid match EVER. Heimerdinger is probably the only champion who at 6 or even before 6 can 1v2 people. Heimerdinger destroys every champion in lane besides like Ziggs(who can wreck annie too). Also Azir can farm against Heimerdinger (Azir can counter Annie).

So either Heimerdinger(who i consider to be the most Op in the game). Ziggs or Azir. I recommend the Donger or at least Azir.

If I'm mid, I prefer to go against a Annie over other mids, I consider most Annies, almost all so EZ, especially if I'm the donger lol, and I welcome ganks with open arms to get me some doubles.

Death by GlamourOct 3, 20151 votes

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LOL, omg man. just pick Heimerdinger, you'll never lose a mid match EVER. Heimerdinger is probably the only champion who at 6 or even before 6 can 1v2 people. Heimerdinger destroys every champion in lane besides like Ziggs(who can wreck annie too). Also Azir can farm against Heimerdinger (Azir can counter Annie).

So either Heimerdinger(who i consider to be the most Op in the game). Ziggs or Azir. I recommend the Donger or at least Azir.

If I'm mid, I prefer to go against a Annie over other mids, I consider most Annies, almost all so EZ, especially if I'm the donger lol, and I welcome ganks with open arms to get me some doubles.

Karthus has an easy ride against, q the turrets they die easily enough.

Lets not mention annie is a late game monster (as is karthus) meanwhile hiemerdinger can be a bit of a gimmicky pick.

Edit annie also tower farms fairly easily so simply shovimg the lane ma net you an early tower but she wont lose much cs

53436278DEL1Oct 2, 20153 votes

so bad

Yautja wannabeOct 2, 20152 votes

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so bad

Wow, your words are truly inspiring! Can you solve world hunger and end the conflict in the Middle East while you're at it? -_-

EedatOct 3, 20151 votes

Morgana YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE

SnugglePuggle94Oct 3, 20151 votes

Annie does have counterplay. Short range, on the slow side of MS. Prone to CC. I took Fizz against her the other day, just clicked her so I had a constant view on how many stacks she had, and went in when she was around 1-2 stacks. Shark, troll pole, Q, possible W and bam, DEAD.

Yi, on the other hand, is tricky. I say take a tank item that slows attack speed, build armor, and he's prone to CC. I think he needs reworked, but Annie is in a good balanced spot right now. The reason why Riot doesn't touch her is because one small change can drastically hurt her.

Stop QQing.

CatastropOct 3, 20151 votes

You see here's the thing that community doesn't seem to be able to grasp about these champions. They're the Newb Champions that you generally play when you start this game, that's why they're easy as fuck to play and have tons of damage to provide a good and enjoyable experience for newbs. It's not Riot's fault that some see these champions as easy wins.

ninjaIRL Oct 3, 20151 votes

item 3075 item 3143 item 3110 Are the only items that you can buy with. Thornmail did get nerfed for bruisers so you have to build additional armor for AA reliant AD Carries like Yi.

DrNovaOct 3, 20151 votes

Just because you can't seem to play against them doesn't mean they are op. Annie you just poke and outplay via skill to beaf. Avoid her stun and be aggressive after she is forced to use it on a minion. Yi is super squishy. One cc and anyone can burst him, just keep vision so he doesn't get the drop on you.

TyroneWatermelonOct 3, 20151 votes

Ban

The Great DivideOct 4, 20151 votes

Actually if Annie knows she is outranged, she will just farm (with her bs easy farming tool with q... like why does she have this) until she gets enough to buy rabadon and flash all-in. About 1/3 of the Annie's I face as Syndra know to do this.