You want to rework mages like Vel'Koz and Brand who have never been a problem, or seen much competitive play, but are still strong picks in the hands of a main, but you don't want to rework the one mage that like 90% of the playerbase has been begging to be reworked since S4? I don't get it. Is Annie one of the "untouchables" like Lee Sin and Riven now or something?
Annie is one of the only things keeping super-mobile assassins in check. There need to be champions in the game who can reliably stun fast-moving slippery characters like Zed and Yas. Rework Annie and those characters lose a necessary counter-pick.
She in a good spot right now I would think. You probably will get change but she is not "big 6" material
Who has been begging for an Annie rework? Certainly not 90% of the players. Win % and pick % she's pretty much right smack dab in the middle of all champs.
They already did nerf her auto range and it made a big impact on bottom lane. Right now annie really is weak vs poke because she has no gap closers etc. Her long poke auto gave her an way of being very strong in level 1-2 against pokey mages in the past but then around level 3 she would start to lose trades until level 6 allowed a flash tibbers for a kill, so the objectives between level 3 and level 6 was to hit level 6 first and to have your opponent at around 70% health. Her late game is strong, but only if the team groups to fight. If you waste your flash-tibbers on a uesless pick it can be pretty damaging to your game and if your teammates won't go for objectives you don't have much say in it because you don't kill towers very well.
The real issue with annie is that she's so easy to learn: you can be pretty good with her after a single game and very good after a few games... and then it's really hard to go back to one of the other champs that are harder to learn. Annie's a great way to get new players into the game right now, sort of, for that reason. :)
They should reduce annie's auto range, that range is ridiculous. They did reduce it already but it's still HUGE. Like it often feels like Annie can auto before even coming within range to use her Q, WAT. Forget about her rework, that's not important. This auto range should take priorirty!
necro bump but I want to mention that vs Heimer that auto range reduction has had an impact on Annie. :( It's a pretty significant nerf: gives you less time to dodge their shots etc
