Annie auto range nerf?

DemacianTurkey··3 votes·4,275 views

In a recent PBE change, annie's aa range is nerfed from 625 to 575. As an annie main, I'm disappointed by this change for the following reasons. 1.Annie is neither dominating in pro league games(only occasionally picked as support) nor considered OP in norm/ranks(51.36% win rate, ranked 31). There are too many champs that should be nerfed before her, if that's the way riot does it. 2.The only weapon annie has in the laning phase against most long-range mages is her aa. Annie is extremely weak against most frequently picked mid lane champs now due to her short skill ranges. Think about what an annie can do to a cassiopeia, vladimir, malzahar, ziggs, xerath, azir, lulu or whatsoever? Annie is nearly useless against them since it's impossible to get close to them without using flash or taking a few skillshots while moving. Any experienced player(including myself) can easily destroy annie in lane by picking almost any other mage. 3.Annie is not a late game champion like vladimir. She does very little impact after the enemy adc and mid gets BV or quicksilver. Thus, She needs a cs lead or kills to snowball in the early game. nerfing annie's aa makes her laning phase much weaker, which greatly eliminates her ability to get an lead in the early game. I would like to hear your thoughts on this change as well.

11 Comments

Mayor Stubbs2 votes

Also as an annie main, I'm not happy about this change, but think it was needed. She's a pretty easy laner for the amount of mid game power and dominance she has. I just stat 3 pots and flask and no matter who I go against mid I can't be pushed out and have an easy time farming with q. Her AA FEELS like it is really long range for harassing / last hitting imo.

DemacianTurkey2 votes

The thing is, farming is not the way to go for annie. you can start with flask and farm safely with any champ if you want, why pick annie then?

Mayor Stubbs1 votes

I personally disagree, I prefer to farm safely until 6, then I can either all in and force my mid laner back, or more commonly roam whenever I have tibbers up. I feel like she isnt particularly strong in lane until 6.

1000angrybees2 votes

there are a lot of mages with medium to short ranges like annie. This only put her in line with the rest of them instead of giving her better-than-adc range.

DemacianTurkey1 votes

Such as? Also, what you're saying is like, since annie is stronger among the weakest, riot should nerf her...

1000angrybees1 votes

So you're telling me a mage with 625 range, only 25 below caitlin and has one of the highest ranges in the game, isn't odd. A mage that has aoe stun and quick burst with offensive ability ratios above 80% (nearly rivaling malzahar), needs 625 range? Please. This is the same kind of nerf that riven is getting. It affects their gameplay, but not enough to be anywhere near enough to be complaining about it.

Jaygo411 votes

stopped reading after "as an annie main...."

OFC you're not gonna be happy about a nerf. why would you be

Sona Ping1 votes

Because you have a narrowminded view of the world and people. Not everyone works on shallow, knee-jerk, self-interest.

IA9hRfpP5q1 votes

AD Annie Support Boyz.

You know that this game is REALLY unbalanced when champions such as Annie exists.

Annie for Solo or Mid , rely if not completely on summoner 4 to get early kills during her laning phase. As her combo can be telegraphed from 50 miles away at best. If summoner 4 was ever disabled for some reason, Annie would become trash tier, and when you need a summoner spell to play X champion, that's unbalanced. Summoner Spells are supposed to be complementary , not necessary. Why nerf her AA range? Like seriously. Is someone gonna go AD annie?

Why not focus on Reworking Leblanc? Because if Janna's passive was "changed" and Kassidin's R was nerfed because it was considered "Toxic Mobility" then WTF is Leblanc? Why not focus on Katarina or Riven? Champions that with a little gold ahead , just snowball so hard. Katarina with her voracity and Riven with her insane mobility and AD scaling shield.

Martyrofsand1 votes

As an Annie main the only part of this nerf that is remotely relevant is Frost Queens procs are slightly more difficult and proccing Kalista's W became a little more annoying...beyond those things this nerf is irrelevant.

Jaygo411 votes

625 attack range is just something annie doesn't need. if annie has that then ryze should have that as well. as a stat it just sticks out like a sore thumb and makes her feel like she gets really free auto trades against most supports in the early game

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