RIP Anivia. Riot killed her cold turkey, just in time for thanksgiving.

The Mimeoplasm·11/23/2016, 7:51:21 AM·7 votes·1,142 views

Ok seriously riot, WHY would you totally destroy Anivia's reliable pressure with her RE combo, and not even revert her E base damage nerf you JUST DID like 2 patches ago?

You punish her reliability, but don't up the reward for getting the E bonus damage.

Please think about this riot. At least give us Anivia players SOMETHING for having to work twice as hard for our pressure. As much as I like making more walls, this change completely ruins already difficult matchups against mobile assassins like LeBlanc, Ahri, or Zed. Without reliable burst she doesn't even win otherwise decent matchups like Viktor or Syndra. This nerf is way out of line with your goals for control mages. You have talked about the reliable burst needed to threaten a zone in patch notes about champions like Orianna and Viktor, but then completely destroy Anivia's reliability with this patch.

Please reconsider, this change makes Anivia nigh unplayable in the current meta.

15 Comments

legionnaire9911/23/2016, 7:58:44 AM10 votes

O NO DID THEY MAKE HER BURST TAKE SKILL!

CppL11/23/2016, 8:20:48 AM9 votes

Her RE combo had no counterplay.There is nothing to discuss here anymore.

Wonderlands11/23/2016, 9:26:39 AM4 votes

Don't be salty cuz now you have to actually land her skill shot to do damage. It's kinda like what happened with Ahri a couple seasons ago.

BeatzBoyFTW11/23/2016, 8:33:35 AM3 votes

I doubt anyone actually enjoys seeing her cast R and then E for an instant burst damage. There's literally no way to dodge this. All you gotta do is put your toe in her ult, then BAM, she casts her "rewarding" bonus damage from her E.

TyroneWatermelon11/23/2016, 10:17:43 AM3 votes

Yeah because noobs complained that they can't dodge her E. Scrubs

Tenth Leper11/23/2016, 9:06:52 AM1 votes

the zone she is meant to threaten with her reliable burst is the storm. not everything near her.