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Annie's Molten Shield

rhintheminstrel·8/29/2017, 8:15:19 AM·3 votes·775 views

I still think this ability is mostly used for stun stacking and the ability doesn't really add up to her "thematically". While the damage reduction is really nice, taking this ability is really optional in the early laning phase, for instance Annie bot (Jared) most of the time levels this once he hits 5 or 7.

For a mage, Annie has one of the mediocre wave clear so what if:

Molten Shield

COST: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 MANA COOLDOWN: 10 Molten Shield (400 radius) Damage Reduction becomes 25% at all levels. MAGIC DAMAGE: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 + (10% AP) ACTIVE: Annie wraps herself and Tibbers in a fiery aura, reducing damage taken for the next 3 seconds. After 3 seconds, the shield bursts marking enemies (only affects minions/Jungle Camps) that increases the damage of Annie's abilities by 10/20/30/40%. Enemies who use basic attacks on Annie or Tibbers Tibbers during this time are also dealt magic damage.

This mitigates her mediocre wave clear and gives Molten Shield more use other than just for stun stacking. What do you guys think?

4 Comments

Łulu8/29/2017, 8:27:35 AM1 votes

Everytime i play annie, i keep forgetting that it gives damage reduction lmao. and it comes back in mind after the game. but anyways, a sion w that marks for damage increase? wooweh. it sounds plausible but the % would need a little changing imo since annie does already enough damage as she is. plus if you are average with her, your q covers your wave clear nicely so no worry about that. maybe it would be great for jungle camps.

Rathar Dashing8/29/2017, 4:06:12 PM1 votes

Haven't played Annie in a while, but I think a reasonable change to her E would be to increase the damage it reflects back onto people who attack her. Right now it's basically nothing, but if it was higher it would allow her better trades with auto-reliant champs and it would maker her Tibbers more punishing to fight. This wouldn't really give her more burst potential but it would help her damage output over time slightly. You could even make it do more damage specifically to minions, so it helps her waveclear. Though in all honesty her Q and W are already excellent waveclear tools.