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Annie Nerf Suggestions

Nęrf Mę·2/22/2015, 10:11:09 PM·1 votes·1,089 views

So I have noticed that riot is nerfing the mana costs of the mages in which increasing the mana will not let them spam their abilities as well as before the nerf. To that I have come to see Annie as a mage in need of a nerf with the idea of spammable skills. As it stands Annie if she kills something with her Q the cooldown is reset, the cost is refunded and there is no downside to using that skill to farm. Ahri was nerfed so she had to walk up to farm or could not farm from a range with just Q. Her fox fire range was nerfed again in an attempt to get her closer to the opponent. Annie can infinitely spam Q's in lane to last hit with ease and not have it affect her at all. The only thing it does is have her waste her stun but if she farms a whole wave with just Q she can have 2 stuns almost every wave with fantastic wave clear later in the game. Now I have nothing against annie and I am not asking for a damage reduction but can you either make the cost refunded on the Q less than the skill cost so she can not just dominate lane with farm and have full mana to poke you while wasting no mana farming, or have the skill not reset on a kill. She is one of the only mages with an 80%+ Ap scaling on her skills that are actively used to damage opponents. With the AP ratios and the fact her Q has no mana cost to last hit and farm. I feel that she is a little more oppressive in lane to everyone who isnt a max range mage. Even versus a max range mage she will usually farm very well and still have time for some good pokes.

Edit: Please everyone downvote this. It is an excellent way to get a community talk about this. Annie actually does need a nerf that isnt her molten shield. And downvoting this just shows that you just want her as a super burst mage that literally has almost no downsides. (Obvious sarcasm about downvoting this)

8 Comments

Irelia Bot2/22/2015, 10:40:42 PM2 votes

The main thing she needs nerfed is for her ult to have some kind of short cast time say .75 seconds so there is some kind of chance to react to it since it has the damage when combined with her other abilities to insta-nuke a lot of targets.

DestructoDave2/22/2015, 10:49:40 PM1 votes

Make her stun decay, maybe make her E not charge her stun, too. I find she is more of an issue in support than mid. She can build up her stun in the bush, sit there zoning you after lvl 6, especially with a Graves/Burst ADC, and there isnt much you can do about it because if she flash ults you and Graves Ults you, you are toast. At least if you make her E not charge stun, or her stun decay after a certain period, she cant sit there and zone you so hard.

I think she is far more of an issue in the bot lane then in mid lane. Just try going up against Annie/Graves and seeing how fun that is post 6.

Zydin2/23/2015, 12:06:44 AM1 votes

Comparing Annie's Q, single tarted magic damage spell, to Ahri's Q, multiple target magic and true damage spell that can heal for every thing hit, is really not a good comparison.

With Ahri being able to spam her Q she is not only able to farm, but she can push like crazy, poke, heal, and it gives her a MS boost.

All Annie's does is let her farm, she can stun or poke with it but it will mean that she can't farm with it as well.

Zydin2/23/2015, 2:11:48 AM1 votes

Yea it does seem wrong but it is in no way comparable to Ahri's Q which is all i was saying.

Nobleharbinger5/4/2015, 5:56:50 PM1 votes

i think you should nerf her basic attack range and the range of her Q or possibly make it a skill shot