Anivia is ruined
My most favourite champion, Anivia, is now completely ruined.
I understand the reasoning for her changes. like making q stun scale (instead of constant 1.0, +.1 per level), making it more rewarding to hit the stun and more impactful later in the game but her ult is what MAKES anivia. Now she is completely broken and not in the good way. Her ult is what was crucial in every single ability she has. Max range ult would just barely hit people, slowing them enough for you to wall them at max range or hit q with the very tip. Now that her ult has been so badly nerfed her whole kit is less than satisfactory.
Reason why I believe they would change her ult to grow - wave clear is too strong and distance was too overwhelming perhaps? But honestly it has been completely gutted. She strives when the opposing team is out of position and now, she feels so under-tuned to what her identity was. Slow burst mage that capitalizes on positioning.
A reasonable fix to her ult would be to double the rate of expansion. It takes 3 seconds to fully grow from 150 to 550 radius (was 400 before). to cast her ult is 75 mana, per second is 50 mana. It takes 225 mana for it to be full size. The problem isnt the mana its the rate at which it grows. Most fights you will never let the storm go full size because of 1. Kiting, 2. CC (any form of CC will interrupt her ult) 3. Cooldown doesnt start until you cancel your ult. In my opinion, her ult should grow to full radius in 2 seconds, cooldown START on cast, and keep "Final Form" but reduce the AP ratio on her ultimate.
If the above isnt ideal then perhaps just change the starting radius from 150 to 300, reaches full 550 radius in 2.5 seconds (instead of 3). Reduce ap ratio on ultimate.
Or possibly change the full radius to 650 radius in the full 3 seconds with reduced ap ratio.
Reference. " new FINAL FORM At maximum size, Glacial Storm’s damage, chill duration and slow are increased by 50% "
What are your thoughts?
Thank you,