Right now, Annie is a 1 combo champion late game...if you cant melt someone with your full combo, you better get out of the battlefield...yes, shes been like this since ages ago, but I dont feel this was intended in her design phase...
You may ask, whats the problem there most burst AP mages experience that?
Well...Annie's ultimate "Summon Tibbers" is broken by design...most of the Annie players dont care about Tibbers at all, they just want the initial damage dealt by that Summoning, but after Tibbers spawns its over...
So, how do we make "Summon Tibbers" correct by design?...by Nerfing his Summon damage (a little bit, not too much) and buffing Tibbers Attack speed, AoE dmg and hit dmg...this way players will be interested in Tibbers and the sustained damage he will provide...and the proper using of Tibbers will be more rewarding... Im not saying Tibbers is useless...Im just saying that his damage output, after being summoned, is not as interesting as it should be...
As a avid Annie player I feel that, yes, Annie is fine as it is right now...but her ultimate doesnt feel right and, in my opinion, is what makes her unpopular and retains her from being picked in tournament play...
Yes - Tibbers is supposed to be a giant AOE Nuke with an attached summon for flavor and distinctiveness. We weren't going for a "summoner" character as an archetype.
I always imagined Tibbers as this flaming behemoth who could (and whose purpose was to) protect Annie when, in-game, he's just a tool of Annie and isn't even slightly menacing after the initial impact.
Required for our game as we still haven't made a core Summoner based on poor pet controls and lack of multi-unit selection. Additionally, we want to ensure a summoner has some counterplay (and we have failed attempts at this like Yorick).
Zyra and Heimerdinger are technically summoners, but I'm guessing you want mobile. Just because Tibbers could have been a summon, doesn't mean it'd be better overall if it were
@Morello Is Annie being played as intended by design?
Right now, Annie is a 1 combo champion late game...if you cant melt someone with your full combo, you better get out of the battlefield...yes, shes been like this since ages ago, but I dont feel this was intended in her design phase...
You may ask, whats the problem there most burst AP mages experience that?
Well...Annie's ultimate "Summon Tibbers" is broken by design...most of the Annie players dont care about Tibbers at all, they just want the initial damage dealt by that Summoning, but after Tibbers spawns its over...
So, how do we make "Summon Tibbers" correct by design?...by Nerfing his Summon damage (a little bit, not too much) and buffing Tibbers Attack speed, AoE dmg and hit dmg...this way players will be interested in Tibbers and the sustained damage he will provide...and the proper using of Tibbers will be more rewarding...
Im not saying Tibbers is useless...Im just saying that his damage output, after being summoned, is not as interesting as it should be...
As a avid Annie player I feel that, yes, Annie is fine as it is right now...but her ultimate doesnt feel right and, in my opinion, is what makes her unpopular and retains her from being picked in tournament play...
I always imagined Tibbers as this flaming behemoth who could (and whose purpose was to) protect Annie when, in-game, he's just a tool of Annie and isn't even slightly menacing after the initial impact.
Zyra and Heimerdinger are technically summoners, but I'm guessing you want mobile. Just because Tibbers could have been a summon, doesn't mean it'd be better overall if it were