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Innovative Annie Nerf - UPVOTE FOR RIOT TO SEE (You're doing it wrong!)

Shade Forever·5/14/2015, 12:07:32 AM·14 votes·1,057 views

You are making a mistake with the Annie nerf! DO NOT nerf her damage in lane, nerf her ult while making it cooler and feel more rewarding when you get it right. Instead of having tibbers instant spawn down on champions, keep her damage & range as it is, but make tibbers thrown and actually dodgeable over a 1 or 1.5 toss while he transforms into the large flaming beast as seen in: League of Legends Cinematic: A Twist of Fate (3:30) This will be a big nerf, but a cool nerf rather than a lazy "Erm, just bring stats down I guess" Cmon Riot!!! You're focused too much on numbers rather than innovative changes.

The major complaint I hear about Annie when I play her is her instant cast ult - "nothing I can do..." and it's true! I don't get complaints about her harass/overall damage unless I get really fed and do a ton of damage (LIKE EVERY CHAMPION) you're nerfing the wrong way! Cmon! I'm just gonna flash and ult, eating squishies, but now she'll be more of a one trick pony only useful when ult is up, thereby removing my ability to skirmish well with another mage when all ults/sums are down (including theirs). I can see this slightly effecting CS as well. STAHP! >_<

8 Comments

ForPortal5/14/2015, 7:34:04 AM2 votes

I too favour the "Throw bears at people" option.

Krigjer5/14/2015, 1:19:34 AM2 votes

I suggested this before, to make her ult resemble the cinematic a little more and actually give you a chance to dodge it. I guess I got downvoted by Annie mains.

+1

Old Man Teeto5/14/2015, 5:42:02 AM2 votes

They nerfed her Range since Kalista + Annie was too strong as a laning duo.

No, they can't nerf Kalista, they must nerf her strongest synergistic laning buddies. No Thresh isn't allowed to be touched... for reasons.

Rinky Dinky5/14/2015, 1:15:29 AM1 votes

Nerfing Annie's ult would make her a shittier veigar.

Win1Ocent5/14/2015, 12:59:12 AM1 votes

I have to admit, i like the idea. She could still get her combo off by stunning you with another spell and then throw tibbers in your face. I don't want Annie to get nerfed but the current flash combo instakill is frustrating and some more counterplay would be nice.

stillserenity5/14/2015, 5:40:22 AM1 votes

baron too op nerf irelia pleaZeeeee

Wolfram Oxford5/14/2015, 12:59:31 AM1 votes

Or give it a charge time for damage, it could show like a little circle that annie can move around until she releases R, then tibbers will be summoned. Buff the max damage on it to make it more rewarding and to make up for the lost damage while charging. Btw when I say charge I mean like she charges the spell and based on how much it's charged, it will decide her R damage, i.e. 250-650 damage

Wolfram Oxford5/14/2015, 1:03:18 AM1 votes

By the way I'd personally like to charge it up for R, it'd feel so cool to pull off a flash w and charged r combo, maybe increase the aoe on the ult too, it'd allow counter play with items like zhonyas or merc skimitar, or flash but it'd still allow her to be POTENTIALLY more powerful.