Talk:VPBE/@comment-1920550-20150122035840/@comment-1330314-20150122232008

Yeah, the pseudo-Thornmail effect makes little sense on Annie: she's a squishy burst caster who avoids damage altogether with her range and CC, not personal defenses. I'm not entirely on board with the idea of replacing it with an AoE DoT, though, for the same reasons: Annie is a close-range mage, but not close-ranged enough to go around killing targets by standing next to them. I think it would be better to turn the ability into a temporary autoattack steroid with a momentary speed boost, which would work well not only on Annie herself (using her long-ranged autoattacks to harass her opponents in lane is a critical part of her playstyle, and so is getting in range quickly enough for an initiation), but would also synergize really well with Tibbers and marksmen, if she were able to cast it on other units.