User blog comment:Burruni/Nia & Zah, The Broken Crown/@comment-973379-20141208171454/@comment-973379-20141208195942

Annie Q isn't a skillshot, but targeted spells(they have 200-300 less range than skillshots in general) and ult is supposed to be awesome(hey, it's an ult!). Her full non-ult rotation give 860+190% AP(in 4 sec, so this can't be called "burst"). Ult give her bonus 25% of this + base ult damage - 215+48% AP+200+50% AP=415+100% AP. Rather mediocre if you ask me, if you count 10 second self-silence(no flashing out for you). Ful burst is good through,  1275+290 AP, but done in 4 second and no moblity or good AOE(everyone but main target will walk out of W)  kind of demand such damage...

But one hit of Q or E mean death in duel with no escape allowed(4 sec of chain-CC, cause you WILL hit routed/feared target with 2-nd CC...) so she have her points(and outclassed by Malzahar in it again..).. Exactly the points Riots doesn't like now - no-counterplay line dominance. Still weak through, but with damage/range buff will be toxic.

Oh, and why passive is so strange, why not just 15% more ap when health are 25% or less - not that she have self-heal to drop down, activate passive and outheal damage while still benefiting from AP?(hmm.. large bonus to spellvamp and incoming heal when low on health is interesting passive for burst mage through for future use..)