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Annie nerfs

Xilbur·3/28/2016, 12:40:07 PM·2 votes·985 views

So I agree that annie is a BIITITTTTTTTTCHCHCHCHCHH to play against, mid-late game 1 shots your adc/mid. But I think that one of these changes can help a bit.

EDIT: LOVE the discussion! I know how immobile this champion is, but yea, she might need a bit of a nerf, idk. Say good or bad things about this idc. You can tell me to die in a fire its ok :D

Most of these are for her Q because fk her q.

  1. Make her Q a skill shot like ryze. This is so she cannot have BASICALLY ALL OF HER ABILITIES A POINT AND CLICK STUN
  2. Make her Q refund only half mana. This is so she cannot stupidly sustain in lane
  3. Make her Q have a higher cooldown. This gives more potential for the enemy laner to put more harrass
  4. Make her ult have a delay and not AN INSTANT FKING STUN THEN USES HER Q GG UR DED
  5. Make it so that everytime annie uses an ability, she has a 0.5 or 1 second delay before she can use another one. This helps so she cannot stack fast as. If this is too much, just make it so the final ability before her stun doesnt have a delay
  6. Reduce her AP scale to 70% or 65%. This may not be ideal
  7. Maybe only make her ult stun 1 target rather than AOE, because this is annoying as.

Well, these are all the things I came up with. Of course, she can just be counter by high burst damage and a lot of shields. But sometimes you do not have time for this because of her burst. If you think of another nerf, I would like to hear it.

21 Comments

Sightless663/28/2016, 2:49:26 PM3 votes

Annie is getting a rework with the mid-year mage update, and it is confirmed that ult delay, Q skillshot, and reduced AP scaling will NOT be part of the changes. RIot is of the opinion (and I agree) that reliability is a perfectly fine strength for a champion to have so long as they give things up for it, and Annie definitely gives up a lot in exchange for her reliability.

Wolfess3/28/2016, 12:50:40 PM2 votes

1: her q is her only point-and-click ability. her W and R are skillshots. 2: she needs her Q to be able to use her ONLY crowd control ability early game without literally chucking all her mana on stacks for passive 3: there are plenty of ways to harass annie. You're not doing it right. 4: get some MR, build to counter. 5: then give all other champions a 0.5 delay. I'd love to see LB's kit with 0.5 second delay :) 6: she already has no mobility and her only CC that has to charge from using other abilities. She doesn't need lower ratios. 7: her ONE CC mechanic is shared among all her abilities. Make her waste it. Get your tank in there to make play mistakes. Build Banshee veils and Merc scimitars. Build to counter.

tl;dr get good.

Hentai Lewds3/28/2016, 1:23:00 PM2 votes

I was going to say " take some bread with that B4 salt " but i'm a nice guy so i wont :)

IAMS4T4N3/28/2016, 12:57:54 PM2 votes

"her w and r are skillshots" kek

KoggyStyle3/28/2016, 5:34:27 PM1 votes

banshees / abyssal would work wonders i think

alasarcher3/28/2016, 12:51:17 PM1 votes

Or not touch her at all as she is imobile mage who heavily relies on flash to do anything and if u force her to use her flash defensively u made her useless for next 3-5 mins. Also Swain can beast her on lane and later.

Runic Blood3/28/2016, 1:16:59 PM1 votes

I say just nerf her base damage because its ridiculous. She can be behind with only a doran's ring and a catalyst, still outtrade you if she is the same level as you. Her Q shouldn't refund mana just like kalista's rend. There is no other immobile mage in the game that can burst as fast as Annie can with just a ROA.

Surfer Ashe3/28/2016, 12:44:33 PM1 votes

Annie is pretty garbage at the mo, and I dunno why you're even using ADC as context seeing as they now have the items to completely ignore Annie mid/late game with Sterak, Maw and QSS (two is enough to make her cry, all 3 will make her RQ)