If Annie ever get a Legendary skin
Ok to start off, I'm making this discussion because I'm an Annie main, duh. If you're interested, please read all of it, I can assure you its not boring (I hope lol)
So as we all know, Annie's kit is pretty limited to give her a Legendary tier skin. What I meant by this is that, sure Legendary offers new animations and voice lines/interactions, however there are always certain feature that makes a Legendary skin stand out.
For examples:
Pulsefire Caitlyn's gun constantly change when she either Q, upgrade her R and when she cast her ult. Not to mention her gun also transform into a hovering motorboat as her homeguard animation
Lunar/Solar Eclipse Leona grants her a new form when she ults
True Damage Ekko has his own background music and it changes depends on his abilities
Battle Academia Ezreal's passive grants him a different look and he has 3 different ultimate cast animation
So, as you can tell, Annie's abilities is somewhat....basic
It's legit just a fireball for her Q, flamethrower for her W, a shield for her E and Summon tibbers for her R

So, with that being said, this discussion is just for me to offer my ideas to give the full potential of Annie's Legendary skin [if she will have one in the future (i hope so, pls Riot, she deserve it)]
So lets start with her ,
PASSIVE So her passive have 4 stacks right? Just like Battle Academia Ezreal, I think, with each stacks, it gives her new small changes, or at least some minor upgrades to her look/outfit. Not anything big like Eclipse Leona's ult, but you know, just like how Battle Academia Ezreal is. https://i.imgur.com/YphxxDgl.png And at her final stack, she has a whole new look, no exactly "new", but definitely different from the base one. Now I know you might think that this will be a "pay to lose skin", but what we can do is that, only the allies can see this new form/look whereas the enemy will only see her typical stun swirl. Just like what they did with Odyssey Kayn's ult and Dark Cosmic Jhin's ult
Q, Disintegrate Ok, with her Q, as you know, everytime she kills her enemy/minions with her Q, it will refund the mana. I think we can use this opportunity to give her a minor VFX at her body, like a quick "refresh" or "reset" look. I don't know how to explain this but a good example would be like when Draven kills his enemy. It gives him a small visual effect to his body right? The one where his body lights up and there's cheers. So something like that but not too appealing, just a small/minor VFX that gives the message that her Q resets. Again, only allies can see this, otherwise it will be a pay to lose skin. Now moving on to her passive, so since her passive stuns, I believe it is best to give a new/different VFX to her Q that activates her passives/stun. Basically, you have her base Q VFX, and you will have a different VFX for her Q if her passive is active. I hope you understand that XD
W, Incinerate With her W, what I can come up with is that, since this is a skill shot, obviously there are times you missed it. This is a good chance to give her a different VFX for her W when she misses her enemy and when she actually hits one/some. So like, for example, if she misses, the VFX of her W will be Black but if she manage to hit her enemy/minions, the W VFX is Blue. Just an example, obviously if the VFX is just plain Black or Blue it would make a shtty Legendary skin. And again with the passive, if her passive is active when she uses her W, the VFX is different again. So altogether, her W has 4 different VFX, base W when miss, base W when miss with stun actives, W when enemy hits and W when enemy hits and stun is active. Let me remind you again, her kit is limited so I think these VFX suggestion is necessary, it won't make this an uLTiMaTe skin okay.
E, Molten Shield There's nothing much I can say with her E other than I think its best to make her shield changes colours gradually as the effects decay. Not to mention, it would also be great if it leaves a trail to spice the VFX up. With her passive...I'm not sure what to add honestly, if you guys and gals have any idea to her E VFX, pls do share, I would love to hear it.
R, Summon: Tibbers Okay, so for the main event, we all know the Annie we have now STILL HOLDS HER TEDDY BEAR WHEN SHE ULTS. That is absolutely unacceptable in her Legendary skin, once she ult, the teddy bear MUST DISAPPEAR. I don't think her ult should grant her a new form like High Noon Ashe or Eclipse Leona since we already have that in her passive, but I do think that once she ult, her passive stacks should have a different looks to it than the one before she ults, just to give some diverse to her VFX. Again, the R cast VFX should also be like her W, the VFX should differs if she misses it or not. And again, this also applies to her passive, if her ult stuns, it should have a different VFX.
Moving on to Tibbers, obviously he also needs new animation and VFX, but what I think can spice things up is that, when he is enrage, he has an entirely different form/look. And since his movement speed increase like crazy, he should bend down when he runs just like our current Voli's Q (before voli's rework)
ALL RIGHT, so, if you have trouble understanding, here's an example of the list of VFX that is necessary for Annie's Legendary skin: Passive stack 1, hair lits up Passive stack 2, addition of clothes garment Passive stack 3, different idle flame colour Passive stack 4; a minor different form/look, dark purple glow on entire body Q, dark blue Q when resets, minor glow Different VFX for Q when passive is active/stun, purple-black W when missed, blue different VFX for W when missed and passive is active/stun, dark blue differnt VFX for W when hits enemy, blue-black different VFX for W when hits enemy and passive is active/stun, dark purple Decaying effect on her E; shield colours gradually changes, black to purple to blue Ult when miss, blue different VFX for Ult when missed and passive is active/stun, dark blue different VFX for Ult when hits enemy, blue black different VFX for Ult when hits enemy and passive is active/stun, dark purple Tibbers Enrage mode Passive stack 1 after Ult, hair lits up and become longer Passive stack 2 after Ult, different outfit Passive stack 3 after Ult, idle flame on both hands Passive stack 4 after Ult, **black glow on entire body **
That being said, here are a list of skinline I expect her to get a Legendary skin in: Star Guardian Arcade Program Cosmic Dark Star BlackFrost Immortal Journey Arctic Ops Battle Academia BattleCast Superheroes Blood Moon Culinary Masters Demonic Dragon Worlds Elderwood Coven Nightbringer Dawnbringer Odyssey Steel Valkyries Albion Arcanist Astronaut Day Job Bewitching Death Blossom Death Sworn Forgotten Depths AND MANY MORE
Okay, thank you for your time, please leave any ideas and suggestions if you have one, any criticisms is also accepted. I love you guys and gals and Annie loves you too <3 [sg-ahri-2]