An Anivia Main's Perspective On The [Reverted] Anivia Changes

I've been playing Anivia since preseason 5, which was around the time I started playing the game. This season, she has carried me from bronze 5 all the way to gold 4. It sucks seeing one of your mains getting nerfed, but at the same time, she kind of needs these changes. She's not as hard to play (I mean this in a general sense) as she's advertised, she's not fun to play against and she'll be much healthier when/if the changes go through.

Her skill ceiling is high don't get me wrong, but her skill floor is way too low for a champion who's supposedly amongst 5 hardest champions to play. After level 6 she basically becomes completely brainless to lane as and oppressive as fuck to lane against (Unless you really know what you're doing against her). A lot like Annie actually, which should never be comparable in terms of skill.

If you ask me, she's not fun to play against at all. Any decent Anivia can force you out of lane with Q+E+Auto at level 3 and after level 6 she becomes a nightmare to lane against. She'll just E+R/R+E for around 35-40% of your hp, disengage with Q or W and run every time you get too close to her. Later on in the game she can completely take an enemy squishy out of a team fight with E+R/R+E.

She'll definitely be a much healthier champion with the changes, but honestly I think she'd need a small buff to make up for the small hit she's gonna take. Of course, bad Anivias will get super dumpstered and good Anivias won't get hit nearly as hard. I'd say give her ult the attack speed slow back at max size, just enough to properly reward good Anivia players for dropping those perfect ulti's. This will also make positioning as around ult Anivia much less claustrophobic late game (Because carries won't be able to burst you as easily) and encourages her to play around her team like a control mage should.

Anyways, those are my thoughts. I know I missed all the commotion, but I just wanted to get this out there and keep all those salty FotM birds in check.

TL;DR : The changes are a good thing for Anivia, she'll be less annoying to lane against, harder to play and healthier for the game overall.