Because she counters some of the most unfun to play against champions in the game.
Fizz. Katarina. Vayne. Yi.
Quite frankly I like a champion that can instadelete any of those champions. Long live super op point and click aoe stuns.
At least Annie is fairly easy to kill and has no blinks/trollpoles/invisibility to play as a get out of jail card if she gets caught.
Av3nger7717 votesHehehe, one way to prevent a Nerf is say they counter the most hated champions
RIP Resonance1 votesgit gud
Rysophage5 votesthat dosent stop you from taking 3,000 damage instantly. just makes it so you can move.
RIP Resonance3 votes
Voluug135 votesCounter his ult and does little else. He goes back to safety and izimode safe farming with ranged energy pushing.
counters basically every ult in the game that isnt a selfbuff.
AHeroNamedHawke17 votesBy that logic we should leave Skarner at a 63% win rate because he counters Ahri
Altricad7 votesOr 
back when he could perma snare for 4 seconds
or 
with his silence and 90% pick& ban because he countered annie
There are champions that counter assassins 
, they also can't flash 100-0 half the adc roster without counterplay
if your method of countering a champion is by killing them without them even having a chance, then that isn't "countering"
PiVoRx13 votesFollowing that logic we should buff all other 120 champions to insta delete annie cause shes also unfun champion to play against.
The Great Divide1 votesPlay Syndra. She may be hard to get used to at first, but Annie won't be able to touch you, while you just harass her all day, then smash her when you hit 6. Her or xerath work quite well.
Voluug131 votes
Says hi.
CIownface3 votesFollowing that logic we should buff all other 120 champions to insta delete annie cause shes also unfun champion to play against.
what how is annie unfun to play against? I find it exciting. Having to judge her range and play around the zones. And guessing her cds and stun count.
Fizz on the other hand..... now that's unfun
A little Peepo2 votesFollowing that logic we should buff all other 120 champions to insta delete annie cause shes also unfun champion to play against.
There are many champions that counter annie and those are champions with range sweet heart. Learn to play xerath, azir, orianna, lux, velkoz, ziggs, syndra, cassiopeia, morgana and possibly more (not all of these champions mentioned counter her but they can lane against her without any problem and give annie problems if played correctly) her counter is called "range" if she is stomping you bot lane then start playing adc with 600+ range (ashe, jinx, caitlyn) and all in supports like Leona or naut who can survive her burst long enough to kill her.
gaby1best11 votesA good Yi will never get himself fucked by Annie. Also there's always this magic little item for AD champs 
. What's sad is people don't even know what it does. I once told ally Cait to buy it as her 3rd item and she asked "Why?". Meanwhile the enemy team: 
MudintheWater2 votesThat couldn't possibly be the elusive counterplay I've heard Annie doesn't have!!?? It's amazing how many mages are countered by that or a banshee's veil and yet people don't bother buying them.
AHeroNamedHawke5 votesThat couldn't possibly be the elusive counterplay I've heard Annie doesn't have!!?? It's amazing how many mages are countered by that or a banshee's veil and yet people don't bother buying them.
Because it doesn't? What
Banshee's gets popped by random poke, or her pushing her 4 second CD Q, and QSS is 1250g for a null mantle of MR + escaping one stun
It isn't like Zed where you take no damage from his ult, she'll still break your health bar in half
IGotScuttleCrabs1 votes
Would be better for annie wouldn't it?
AD
More MR
Shield to help prevent nuking.
Although has the QQS to get the stun off.
Actually, why not both? XD
Monkey D Luffy6 votesThere are way more alternatives than just annie that can beat those champs you know.
MudintheWater2 votesOf course there are. I frequently play Mumu against those champions for Mumu's massive AOE stun. Annie is just the best at deleting annoying assasins in my opinion.
Monkey D Luffy2 votesCan't really argue with that.
stealthfox944 votes" Because she counters some of the most unfun to play against champions in the game.
Fizz "
Fadedpf3 votesCounters exist ≠ Champion lacks meaning full amount of counterplay.
DogIsGod3 votesNo. She counters anyone, not only those four, she's frustrating to play against and has the worst champion design ever.
TurquoiseYoshi3 votesI like how people always forget about how Annie has both good teamfighting and good laning. Her Q is godly in lane, giving her a big burst of damage, a low CD, and mana refunds. People also apparently forget that TIBBERS IS STILL AN AOE NUKE. He has massive damage and then walks towards to scarily for a while and slaps you a lot while you have to do the Garen and learn how to kite. Everyone always talks about how "Oh, just buy QSS and she can't do anything", conveniently forgetting about her AoE nuke that just hit you. She might still be able to pull off a W even if you get out. So she honestly isn't as meh as everyone keeps saying.
As a small side note, you spelled Katarina's name wrong.
MudintheWater1 votesFixed the Kat spelling, thanks for that.
After Tibbers is dropped he is kind of just...there. Not particularily threatening and pretty slow. Kind of like a particularily annoying super minion.
TurquoiseYoshi2 votesStill, his base damage is pretty damn high. Even if you negate the stun, it does a ton of damage. And then, once he's there, you have to decide between focusing Tibbers and taking a ton of damage from opponents, or focusing opponents and taking damage from Tibbers.
Voluug131 votes
Annie destroyers.
Athenes Lulu3 votesGive Tibbers a delay upon casting and she'd still be balanced.
Voluug132 votesWhy murder the niche of a champion?
If anything, reduce the range the tibbers to kill support Annie.
There, Annie now goes back to midlane and does her primary job: kill assassin divers. While still being weak to her primary weakness: range and kiting.
Transgressor1 votesA meager 0.25 wouldn't even hurt her, it could be her throwing tibbers at the target location.
The Quinndred3 votesExcept that Annie should be on the list of "the most unfun to play against".
Complexly2 votesYou simply don't get caught then. I don't know how she doesn't counter Kat and Vayne though..
Voluug131 votesInstant (and possible unavodable) CC and nuke.
Kat jumps -> Annie stunes her mid ult.
Vayne tries to kite ->Stunned and tibbered.
Captain Aishi2 votesshe has no reliable escape or potential to dodge what's thrown at her and her range is very medium, it's only fair that at least the damage portion of her kit be reliable i guess (even if i'm usually the katarina playing against the annie trying to figure out what to do to get out of that hell :P)
Voluug131 votesGive this guy a medal and icecream, his pick.
An assassin player capable of honesty.
Rysophage2 votesShe also does that to the entire cast so...I don't see your point.
Heckin Support2 votesI hate how people are fine with Garen being a faceroll "dont get near him or else learn to kite" but they all hate Annie. Annie needs flash to hard engage on people, she needs flash. How can you support Garen being a faceroll easy champion, but not Annie?
MudintheWater2 votesOn top of that Garen gets to absorb 2-3k damage and still run out. Annie just dies if she eats CC too early.
Transgressor2 votesWhy Annie shouldn't stay as she is: She has no counterplay.
(staying away from her range and baiting her flash are not counterplay)
DarthSpectrum2 votes has high base damage and good ratios on her abilities.
She doesn't just AOE CC you like or 
, as long as she has a bit of AP, she is taking at least 50% of your health bars with her combo.
Sure, because her combo is instant and her burst is insane she can stop champions such as 
or 
before they even get close.
But at the same time, you have fair champions such as 
etc. as casualties because they too are susceptible to the CC and burst of Annie.
FrozenXylaphone1 votes
She doesn't just AOE CC you like
Sure, because her combo is instant and her burst is insane she can stop champions such as
Comparing an apc to tanks and saying she is op cause the tanks can't burst. Maybe she is up because unlike Leona and Amumu who do not just stun you, she dies with minimal focus but they don't.
KFC Cashier2 votesShut the fuck up
ArticFever1 votesto commemorate her staying the same check out the new Annie skin idea I posted
xxxMadLionxxx1 voteslol ... when you put if that way.....it almost seems fair. Lmao trollpoles(fizz trickster)
Galewings1 votesExcept Annie is rather hard to punish for an immobile mage, since you know, she has an aoe stun on w. There's a reason why she's so easy to climb on and that's why making positioning errors on her aren't as punishing.
Voluug131 votes1s stun wont save her.
Unlike low cd blink/dashes.
LithiumWednesday1 votesHonestly, the only times I've felt particularly bad about playing against an Annie was when the other team also had 
and when she was hiding in bushes and deleting the dumbass Vayne.
h0tkarl1 votesI have played this game since beta. Annie is NOT OP and has NEVER been OP.
The sort of people that bitch about a hero like Annie are the ones that build glass cannon and expect their supports to devote their entire attention and item build to bailing them out when they constantly make positional mistakes.
