So to fix it we buffed her e making her super tanky and then changed rod to heal u with mana usage so Annie can now heal off minions for 0 cost with q reset.
We here at riot games understand how the game works and assure you this won't make her any stronger and annoying. Thanks !
Yes annie is so op! she needs nerfs! she such a disgustingly op champion that she has a 60% win rate! oh wait
Don't all the catalyst users have like >53% win rates across the board?
Well, reading this post, I feel like you don't understand the defects and advantages of champions... Having a low range and no escape mechanism is really the worst defects you can have in this game, and it's even worse in this season (and that's sad).
Well, what about twisted fate? He has no escape at all and a very powerful burst. However, he ain't broken and takes real skill to play. For Annie, you slam the keyboard and get a kill. For TF, you have to actually use your mind a bit. Annie takes no skill and is so low risk, super high reward.
It takes longer for her to burst someone down now because R is more auto-attack based and the burst has been lowered. It's now HARDER (a lot harder) for her to Flash Tibber Stun a whole team or half the team because of the reduced radius.
As someone who's played lots of Annie in Ranked before, this is very noticeable and so I would consider it overall a Nerf (since 6.9).
Her 1 vs 1 in the lane is better for some match-ups (since Tibbers is likely to be able to stay on the target and get out more damage over the engagement) but for many match-ups she's now weaker because of the new mechanics (ex Akali now has time to outplay Annie by turning invis against Tibbers whereas before she would be bursted dead immediately).
Yes she has lower cool downs now (largely due to 6.9 item changes) but damage goes down dramatically if she goes for CDR route (really, there is no choice but to go Rabadon either first or second if you want to have relevant damage). Yes she has Hextech Belt (30 second dash) but it's not as powerful as it sounds and if you build it first or second, you lose quite a lot of pure AP so its questionable.
Overall... she's harder to play now. Her multi-target AOE potential has gone down and she's now more of a 1 vs 1 champ. You have to think about when to go in and its more about SEQUENTIALLY being able to take down targets then ''how can I burst down their entire team or half of their entire team.''
You are rarely able to take advantage of E's new mechanics because its still your bread and butter ability for charging your Stuns. You rarely have it available when you need it since its so often used prior to a major engage to charge a Stun.
Ironically, with space gods and 30-foot tall mechanical giants, a 7-year old kid is one of the most overpowered champions in the game.
