Can Annie get a real rework in the future
"Despite sporting a kit full of unique teamfighting tools, most of Viktor’s gadgets have been historically kept on a tight leash due to the efficiency of Death Ray’s infamous Augment: Shockwave [Last time I checked it was called "Aftershock"] . Viktor should feel rewarded for setting his schemes into motion (like trapping multiple enemies in a Gravity Field), but the ability to follow up with instant target deletion puts the ball too far in his court. By shifting Viktor’s damage to be higher over-time, we can hit two birds with one stone. Opponents aren’t evaporated for making a single mistake, and Viktor gets to carry a fight through intelligent play like the diabolical [ LUL , Diabolical] mastermind he is."
-Patch 6.9 Notes [ http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-69-notes ]
So,
got reworked to make to make his opponents not be evaporated instantly because they got into his range, they could also be stunned during the burst so that was a big no-no and they shifted his damage to evaporate you after 4 seconds.
Meanwhile
still carbonizes you instantly it with a stun attached to the burst so you have even less time to react to it if you get into her range.
"A simple W>E>R is often enough to eliminate or remove enemies, leaving them little opportunity to act outside of not getting into his range. Malzahar is inherently low agency, and is historically balanced in a way that means he forces similarly low agency situations upon opponents."
"Because if this character needs to be played like an assassin in order to win, he's probably not healthy for the game. His only options are to walk up to or Flash up to someone and combo them, or to catch someone off guard (like in brush or something) and combo them. There are champions that are much better suited to do both of these things, and given Malzahar's kit, if that's what it took for him to succeed, he's probably just overtuned."
-Mid Year Mage Updates - Malzahar Direction [ https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/6c2r0VAc-mid-year-mage-updates-malzahar-direction ]
"Things we especially like: The flash bear drop. Annie’s bread-and-butter burst combo is a threatening affair that’s more about skirting the edges of Annie’s range than dodging a skillshot [Basically stay out of her range] . While League benefits a lot from the potential to outplay most abilities in the game, having Champions with reliable abilities is also good for the game as long as they don’t make less-reliable champions obsolete."
-MYMU - Annie Direction
So for
it wasn't fine to Flash, W, R someone and kill them over 2.5+ seconds which could be interrupted by CC while for
seems it's fine even though it's 0.75 seconds where you basically die regardless of having CC or teammates near since you're stunned during the burst while her other spells are already firing when she has Flash, but she's "useless" when she doesn't have flash.
But it's fine now that you can see her stun stacks (which you could also see before by clicking on her) we can buff everything in her kit so her bear becomes an actual threath even if you kill her.
