Annie is a Tank now?

taleofsonata·Apr 20, 2016·3 votes·402 views

You guys made annie a Tank now. Armor and MR replaced by Damage Resist (16 / 22 / 28 / 34 / 40%) Rammus 2.0? You guys nerfed her burst potential with all those numbers nerf. No longer cheats - ie: if you flash out of it before the cast finishes, it won't hit you anymore. AoE Damage 175 / 300 / 425 (+80% AP) >>> 150 / 275 / 400 (+65% AP). Tibbers Burning Aura Lowered 20 / 30 / 40 (+20% AP) >>> 10 / 15 / 20 (+10% AP). AA Damage 80 / 105 / 130 >>> 50 / 75 / 100 (+15% AP). I know you guys want her to work around tibbers, but wasn't she considered a burst mage? and not a control battle mage?

8 Comments

SlythionApr 20, 20161 votes

Damage Resist =/= Damage Reduction

If they went tank all they'd be useful for is a single stun with no followup, why would anyone do that when you can do the same thing with follow up as AP?

taleofsonataApr 20, 20161 votes

Have you seen what happen when a champion can get 40% CDR? and then rotate their spells like no tomorrows?

SlythionApr 20, 20161 votes

Well sure, but Annie's base damage falls off pretty fast to frontlines and without any mobility (notice how every tank assassin is mobile) she can't exactly dive the back lines like the other champs who abuse the tank build. It wouldn't be worth it, you need mobility to abuse the tank build and Annie doesn't have that

MrBuffingtonApr 20, 20161 votes

They didn't touch any of her other numbers, and the damage they cut from Tibbers is easily made up with the Enraged buff (Tibbers gets 225% attack speed and 100% MS on cast, when Annie stuns a target, and when Annie dies). She can still burst champions easy, it takes a touch more effort and time but she also gets much more sustained threat after she blows her initial combo/Tibbers is still out.

25 (+.15AP) damage off Tibber's initial cast is more than made up with a few Tibbers autos, especially at 225% AS.

Woook3rApr 20, 20161 votes

we are all tanks now. get used to it.

ZyniXApr 20, 20161 votes

Tanky? You want tanky check out the new malz passive. It's a fucking refreshing banshees veil. Ridiculous.

Critmaster GarenApr 20, 20161 votes

i can see annie with thornmail actually happening. maybe even ap tank annie. 40% damage reduction is an incredible defense steroid, and she doesnt exactly lack the utility to be played on low ap builds. as weve seen when she was taken into support.

she can easily play as a tanky initiator.

my guess is, that she will eventually count as one of the failed reworks. i dont like their decision to keep instant flash + tibbers in the game.

imo tibbers either should get cast animation with half a second delay, to give her opponents a chance to flash out of the way, or massively nerf his impact damage and shift the power into his burn damage.