Is annie still a good support?
Or is she just outclassed by brand?
Or is she just outclassed by brand?
She might do less damage in some cases but being able to stun multiple people more easily than brand can stun 1 person will always make her better
She brings far better CC and engage, but she is a very risky pick if your top laner or jungler don't pick a front liner.
The goal of annie is to Flash onto a target or a group of people, CC them with tibbers, THAN THE FRONT LINE. Your
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is suppose to bring havoc with follow up CC to chain in more cc, while doing damage, than during all this your mages and marksman are doing safe ranged DPS.
The ideal party for a annie would look like this
Top-
JG-
Mid-
ADC-
Just naming common champions that people would see.
But yeah if your party instead looks like

Cause everyone wanted to be the cool kid and play the "carry", than I wouldn't recommend playing annie. In a party that I listed in the second row, what happens is that, no one can follow up for the Annie, no one can protect the annie, and if the annie makes a SINGLE MISTAKE, than the teams CC is completely gone, and now you have no way to engage, as you now get blown up as your punishment for missing tibbers.