Why Does Tibbers Get Bonus Movement Speed on Annie's Death?

Kivolan·Feb 13, 2017·5 votes·1,096 views

Why is this a thing? Who thought this was a good idea?

It's not a great design philosophy to punish players for successfully outplaying and killing an enemy champion and managing to survive with a few health, only to die to a summon that gets a movement speed buff on its owner's death.

Please, please, please remove this completely unnecessary mechanic.

(Ouch, low skillcap champ players out in force tonight! Give me a valid reason why this Annie buff was needed. Please.)

13 Comments

MatakeFeb 13, 20171 votes

Why is it a thing? Because it can be.

Void ConsumedFeb 13, 20173 votes

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Why is it a thing? Because it can be.

That's a poor argument.

KivolanFeb 13, 20173 votes

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Why is it a thing? Because it can be.

That seems to be Riot's mentality about a lot of things, sadly.

As well as 90% of the people on this board who downvote shit just because it feeds their egos. I'd like to hear some arguments as to why Annie needed the Tibber's murder bear buff and how great it is to play against it.

BeatzBoyFTWFeb 13, 20171 votes

Meanwhile, Sion having it is nothing wrong.

KivolanFeb 13, 20174 votes

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Meanwhile, having it is nothing wrong.

There is a delay between killing Sion and his passive activating which allows you to actually move away.
His bonus movement speed is 50% that decays over 1.5 seconds. Tibbers is 100% over 3 seconds.
Sion isn't going to 100-0 you with large aoe / point-and-click skills.

RewtFeb 13, 20171 votes

It gets it because reasons. I never agreed with this change and never will. she has enough damage to fucking instakill your entire team. and if you manage to actually kill her without losing 3 people in the process you are gonna lose 1 more cause tibbers is coming for that booty.

Valderis VandalaFeb 13, 20171 votes

Cuz he mad? Or cuz he finally unbound?

Tibber is an "ensorcelled shadow bear" kept "spellbound as a stuffed doll to be carried like a child's toy". What would you do if you where some powerful whatever-the-fuck-a-shadow-bear-is that was, until now, spellbound as a stuffed doll? He's some kind of wild animal demon thing that, when annie dies, is probably no longer bound to her and thus set free or unleashed with his full power that goes on a rampage. Added movement speed and whatever else he does when she dies kinda fit that don't you think?

Or maybe Tibbers likes Annie and wants revenge, I don't know.

Riot design philosophy isn't limited to rewarding players for successful outplays and kills, sometimes their other goals (character identity or theme or what-ya-ma-call-it) conflict with your enjoyment of the game.

Surr20plzFeb 13, 20171 votes

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Why is this a thing? Who thought this was a good idea?

It's not a great design philosophy to punish players for successfully outplaying and killing an enemy champion and managing to survive with a few health, only to die to a summon that gets a movement speed buff on its owner's death.

Please, please, please remove this completely unnecessary mechanic.

If you can't understand this then you clearly have no children, probably not any friends.

KivolanFeb 13, 20171 votes