Can Annie have some sort of incentive to use her stun?

JavelinJoe··3 votes·384 views

Just being able to hold that powerful gamechanger for whenever she feels like it is kinda bs. She has more than enough stats to cs without abilities since she has a really long range for her basic attacks. But she has no need to use her passive stun. If it had a lifespan or a damage decrease over time, then she would have to play a bit more strategic about when and on what to use the stun. Maybe something like how rumble overheats. If she holds onto it for too long she herself gets stunned, or she loses the ability to cast spells for a second or two. Or it could be where he longer you hold onto it (after a set duration (like 10-15 seconds) it drastically loses stun duration or becomes only single target (like first champion hit). Or she could have a MF W / Ashe Q mechanic where every Q which kills a minion/unit keeps it up for a little longer but not killing a unit with Q for a certain time will remove it. Or the boring way where it just goes away after a time and she has to stack again.

Edit: I mean to use the stun and not hold onto it in case the title was not clear.

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Reaper Soraka2 votes

give her a +.25 AP ratio on her stun but let it fall off after 4 seconds. She has a bonus for using it, but the enemy can negate it entirely with positioning.

Seems fair imo, I want more scaling on her. ;)

Rivuo2 votes

I really think her stun should expire. A lot of people have been complaining about her tbh

SnugglePuggle943 votes

No. That will completely make her useless and unviable. Riot has already touched on the subject and they have no reason to implement it. People are just QQing too much but nothing will happen.

Rivuo1 votes

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No. That will completely make her useless and unviable. Riot has already touched on the subject and they have no reason to implement it. People are just QQing too much but nothing will happen.

You're right. Annie players actually having to think would make her useless yeah.

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SnugglePuggle942 votes

Um, no?

In response to people who ask for her stacks to fall off, Beluge Whale answered this on her MYMU direction post. This answer also applies to having her stacks fall off completely after not using it:

"This is a neat idea, but it has a few issues:

Most other champions with their Ultimates ready already put out the pressure that they could use it at any time This would make roaming or hiding in ambush with Annie a matter of spamming abilities constantly unless the decay time was trivial and it would just get reset in the lane pressure situation."

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/3IXxdZwi-mid-year-mage-updates-annie-direction?show=rundown

It will make her useless as she won't be able to do what she is supposed to do- be the counter to mobility. Once her stacks or stun falls off, bam every champ that has any form of mobility can jump on her and she's dead. Therefore useless.

Rivuo1 votes

{quoted}

Um, no?

In response to people who ask for her stacks to fall off, Beluge Whale answered this on her MYMU direction post. This answer also applies to having her stacks fall off completely after not using it:

"This is a neat idea, but it has a few issues:

Most other champions with their Ultimates ready already put out the pressure that they could use it at any time This would make roaming or hiding in ambush with Annie a matter of spamming abilities constantly unless the decay time was trivial and it would just get reset in the lane pressure situation."

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/3IXxdZwi-mid-year-mage-updates-annie-direction?show=rundown

It will make her useless as she won't be able to do what she is supposed to do- be the counter to mobility. Once her stacks or stun falls off, bam every champ that has any form of mobility can jump on her and she's dead. Therefore useless.

I dont argue with people who start their sentence with

Um,No?

Goodluck

SnugglePuggle941 votes

Really? Wow what a person you are.

Rivuo1 votes

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Really? Wow what a person you are.

yes because never having her stun fall off is like caitlyn having a headshot every auto.

you right tho thats extremely fair.

goodbye

SnugglePuggle941 votes

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

Doctor Jarvis2 votes

...the incentive should be the stun. Like, adding another incentive to that would be ridiculous. I think what you're looking for is a DISINCENTIVE to HOLDING the stun. Honestly I think the stun should just stun less on non-Tibbers abilities. Takes away from the "game changing power" but it doesn't completely fuck her against mobile enemies that she'd want to hold her stun for.

Quepha1 votes

There are these things in the game called "minions" If you're a mid laner and choose to not use your spells on minions, the enemy laner will outpush you and then roam to destroy your other lanes.

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