Reasons for playing midlane Annie

AquariusGine·Oct 23, 2017·34 votes·3,325 views

You can kill without too much effort.

I've played about 40 Annie games the past month. She's fun and reliable. And can kill crap like

No regrets

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13900 EssenceOct 23, 201732 votes

Fun fact: If you have your stun up as annie and q into a yas windwall, it does not consume the stun.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Tails9016Oct 23, 201710 votes

Me: Annie guide LoLking.com

OyddAWqJ5rOct 24, 20174 votes

Proceeds to build full AD Annie cuz LoLking guides are booty cheeks

Probuilds all day

SH AzykanOct 24, 20171 votes

or just op.gg top players on a champ and look at how they build standard and reactive

HeimerLmaoOct 24, 20171 votes

Or just go into the game without any preparation and build Ohmwrecker Armor Annie.

Pale PirateOct 24, 20172 votes

Oh no I don't think you want to do that or you'll end up playing Spirit Visage Leblanc.

SH AzykanOct 24, 20172 votes

if the best leblanc players, who main leblanc, are building visage. It probably falls into that reactive category and has a good reason lol

Recon1212Oct 23, 20173 votes

This is not a fun fact it’s a dumb mechanic. There’s no reason it shouldn’t use her stun. Also he w isn’t even affected by windwall. Really fun.

13900 EssenceOct 23, 201717 votes

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This is not a fun fact it’s a dumb mechanic. There’s no reason it shouldn’t use her stun. Also he w isn’t even affected by windwall. Really fun.

Holy shit I didn't even have to rag on yasuo for a main to throw some salt my way, jesus christ man. Whether or not it is a bad mechanic doesn't change the fact.

Stop enforcing the toxic stereotype.

Packun FlowerOct 23, 201734 votes

Begone you filthy Yasuo main.

but in all honesty Annie shits on Yasuo for a good reason. his wind wall does not stop her W because her W is not a projectile. When facing a Yasuo I always max W over Q and you'd be surprised how much it throws off Yas scrubs.

Best way to deal with Yasuo as Annie.

Stack passive until you have 3 out of 4 stacks
throw lvl 1 Q to bait out windwall.
activate E when Yas goes in on you to proc his shield and thus get 4 stacks of passive
hit defenseless Yasuo with lvl 5 W to burst plus stun
finish off with Tibbers/ignite
flash M7, laugh and then clean emote.

works every time.

FatedSaviourOct 23, 20179 votes

BEGONE THOT

FTFY

RavenMagusOct 24, 20178 votes

I still don't like maxing W first. Q is just such a reliable way to harass him in lane, and it's a fantastic way to fish for stuns. If he's too close to you, a dash at the wrong time can make you miss the W, and it has a much longer cooldown.

Automated RivenOct 24, 20171 votes

Why max w tho. You can simply hit him with w stun and then he can't windfall.

SSShutTheDuckUpOct 24, 201721 votes

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it’s a dumb mechanic

The Wind Wall? Yes, it is

EkyonKunOct 24, 201718 votes

When a Yasuo main is complaining about bullshit mechanics.

IcyPepperOct 24, 201718 votes

>complaining that it isn't fun that windwall doesn't block a mage's entire kit

HeimerLmaoOct 24, 20173 votes

It should also block melee autos, beams and everything that isn't even a projectile. Oh and instead of destroying projectiles bounce them back at the enemies.

Velzard of KozOct 24, 20172 votes

And the bounce deals true damage instead and knock the enemy Airborne.

101100111000Oct 26, 20171 votes

I actually think you might be onto something.

What if Yasuo's windwall only reflects the first champion projectile that hits it back at the attacker, dealing a portion of the original damage as true damage, and knocking them up if the projectile had CC tied to it?

Then we can nerf the cooldown on his ultimate since he has a secondary tool to trigger it, but we didn't make it less reliable in laning. :^)

Alex h8721Oct 23, 201717 votes

Annie>mobility champs. Oh you want to jump on me? Now youre stunned and being slapped to death by a fiery grizzly bear, enjoy.

robotmasterOct 23, 201719 votes

The bear is also on fire and has an attitude problem, have fun. https://giphy.com/gifs/comic-adult-swim-this-is-fine-3o6UBpHgaXFDNAuttm

Miror BOct 23, 20173 votes

Now if only the bear was toxic it'd be exactly like half the people in solo-queue.

ThefrostyvikingOct 24, 20174 votes

Ha i killed the Annie! Free gold so good....wait? Tibbers? What are you doing? O_O

Tibbers staph, tibbers!

Noooooo please don't ;_;

Dies in terrible pain after being mauled to death by giant angry teddybear that also burns

HeimerLmaoOct 24, 20174 votes

After reading your comment I'm not sure if Tibbers kills people or rapes them...

ThefrostyvikingOct 24, 20171 votes

It feels like rape when you are on a immobile carry barely surviving a fight against annie only to realize you can't disengage from the dang bear ;_;

It Hertz When IPOct 24, 20171 votes

How did you think he was killing them?

^-^

Glory ln DeathOct 24, 20172 votes

I just play Sion. I'll kill you with your own bear, little girl!

48983507DEL1Oct 23, 20176 votes

Annie is god until you get to around Gold or Plat, where people finally understand how powerful mobility and range are. That's when Zed can start outplaying you by poking you from range and dodging your ultimate. Then it really becomes about who understands the matchup better, and who's less predictable.

Dream HighOct 24, 20173 votes

So how has Annie bot made it to masters/ challenger playing Annie?

In my experience annie still works in low plat you just need to get better as well.

DjjddudeOct 24, 20174 votes

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Then it really becomes about who understands the matchup better, and who's less predictable.

48983507DEL1Oct 26, 20171 votes

Because he's a really good player who knows how to position, kite, maximize dps, play around cooldowns, and do well in every match-up.

Annie's not bad, but there are better champions for most situations.

StairCasexdOct 24, 20173 votes

Hasn't she always been considered good? She's just called a noob champ. She has really great zoning with her passive up since she can force people to stay back or take free damage, high burst with her ult, she's great except her sheild is laughable and she's immobile.

Sexy Jack RabbitOct 25, 20171 votes

40% Damage reduction late-game isn't really laughable.

RainfallOct 23, 20172 votes

i always felt like annie was a poor man's malzahar.

Packun FlowerOct 23, 20172 votes

She's good in most situations but there are some match ups she just cant win.

Syndra Orianna Azir Talon Zyra Malzahar Anivia are some of her biggest mid lane counters that will utterly trash her.

Bishasaurus FlexOct 24, 20171 votes

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She's good in most situations but there are some match ups she just cant win.

are some of her biggest mid lane counters that will utterly trash her.

I went Annie into Talon once, I got all in'd level 2 and he just destroyed me. I was like wot

HeimerLmaoOct 24, 20171 votes

It's Talon. Imagine GP or stuff like that. Thats why I play Donger Heimerdinger . Dong bomb absolutely rules.

Automated RivenOct 24, 20172 votes

Dodging talon level 2 results in Annie winning tho.

TekkenPlayerOct 24, 20173 votes

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She's good in most situations but there are some match ups she just cant win.

are some of her biggest mid lane counters that will utterly trash her.

Azir/Syndra/Malzahar is not that terrible of a matchup

people seem to forget Azir cannot auto woth soldiers and move at the same time, so simply walking up to him and being aggressive at any chance you have is pretty decent.

Malzahar's shield is easily popped by Annies auto attack range and Annie doesnt really care about being pushed in constantly.

Syndra is worse of the three but 2nd shield max and RoA rush makes the lane much more dependent on who gets the jungler presence first

Sraeg2013Oct 24, 20174 votes

Syndra is worse of the three but 2nd shield max and RoA rush makes the lane much more dependent on who gets the jungler presence first

You are basically giving up most of the damage and farm simply to not get utterly shit on.

That's one definition of "a matchup you can't win".

ReySolomonOct 24, 20172 votes

Annie is godtier until you get to Gold3 she's not so broken anymore.

Lit CornOct 24, 20172 votes

hmm yasuo ok you counter it your W goes over his wall you dont lose stun stacks if he windwalls your Q , you can E when he attaks you to get some dmges and R him pretty easily ... but zed ? when he has W up he out pokes you has ridiculous burst and if he dodges your stunning spell with his R he ll kill you anyway and if you try to burst him , he ll just R back ... i dont believe annie counters zed tbh but if you play her really well maybe you can win , but on the other side a good zed player can also beat you , i guess its just a skill matchup at this point , mostly depending on Zed's R timing

Athenes LuluOct 24, 20172 votes

Mages, the one thing supports have a harder time peeling from.

Especially in lower elos where people don't always know how to play against her.

It's always nice having an Annie on my team 'cuz cocky ADCs are free kills for them, and that's where Annie starts to snowball. And their support can't do jack shit against you.

Sraeg2013Oct 24, 20172 votes

She's fine, unless Zed is on point with his Qs. Then she either backs away or dies and the stun doesn't matter.

Yasuo, yes, since he is forced to get into melee to deal any kind of noticeable damage.

WitchQueen AnnieOct 24, 20171 votes

But if the enemy AP mid laner is smart he'll bully you with his superior range and if necessary, build item 3102 which REALLY screws you over.

WráthfulOct 24, 20171 votes

at some point in the ranks annie's range kills out her potential to do anything late game to the backline. u wont do much unless u flash onto the backline carries and that thing has 5 min cd so gl with that. btw what elo u played those annie games in?

CosnirakOct 24, 20173 votes

item 3158 item 3152

WráthfulOct 24, 20171 votes

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wow dash 250 units so useful and u must wait for the animation of the protobelt to end to actually use spells.

SH AzykanOct 24, 20173 votes

protobelt is still really valuable on her imo. not even just to get in range, but you can use it as part of the burst rotation as well

CosnirakOct 24, 20174 votes

If Riot added 250 (or even 200 to account for animation some) units to all her spell ranges (or hell even just her R) you'd flip a lid and her winrate would skyrocket. When the first spell you do after it is an aoe stun nuke you tend to have time to get off the other 2 spells. If they can dodge it cause you used protobelt first they probably did so with flash and well flash has a lot longer cd than her R and protobelt.

Plus you're not giving up much by building it instead of something else. Of course it's a trade off, and belt isn't insanely powerful broken nonsense, but it's often worth it.