User blog:Fistful of Force/AvS Pt 1: Annie Support Burst Potential

Annie Support vs Soraka Support: An honest comparison



I write this blog in order to correct problems with my previous one. In this post, I will look at the new changes, strengths and weaknesses of both supports and try to better compare them.

 
 * 1) Burst potential:

Annie has a pretty big advantage in this area because of her ability to stun an enemy for 1.75 seconds. Damage wise, her Disintegrate does 85/125/165/205/245 (+0.7 AP) every 4 seconds, which amounts to ~21/31/41/51/61 DPS. In addition to this, her Incinerate does 80/130/180/230/280 (+0.75 AP) every 8 seconds, which amounts to ~10/16/23/29/35 DPS. Finally, at level Six, her ult does 200 damage plus 35 damage every second.



This gives her an impressive 165+80+200 = 445 instantaneous damage at level 6, assuming she took three levels in Disintegrate, one in Incinerate, one in Molten shield (for faster charges), and her Ult. If the fight lasts longer than four seconds, she can cast another Disintegrate for another 165 damage, and deal another 35*4 damage form tibbers for a grand total of 750. Given a base MR of 30, she would deal ~580 damage in total. Factoring in Magic Pen Marks and ignite, she would deal ~610 damage (with marks) and 170 from ignite, which leads us to 780 Damage over four seconds at level 6. I will be ignoring Quints, but as a side note, they would add around 50 damage if she took AP quints.



Ezreal has a base 830 hp at level 6. Caitlyn is a little better with 870 hp, and Vayne is in the middle, with 857. This means that the carry simply has to do a paltry 200 damage to kill the enemy carry, which is made simple with the 1.75 second stun. A well coordinated plat duo could do this in around 0.75 seconds. In fact, the carry does not have to do anything if Annie simply pokes the enemy carry 200 damage before she hits 6.



That's pretty scary.



I'll write more later.