Talk:Annie/@comment-24613667-20170404073741/@comment-28977071-20170404091427

Because she is a very very old champ (don't let her outlook fool you, ergo Gamall..), just like her design.

Other than that, the variability of her kit brings some pros. It makes her less prone to the 'feast-or-famine' trap. needs not to be played purely as a burst mage, she can be a very viable DPS mage, tanky mage or even offtank (plus few far more exotic options). Her makes her more adaptible to the starvation. If cannot carry, she can still build more defense and CDR. Then, with 40% CDR, and, the child can become a perma-CC nuissance, while being very hard to take-down at the same time.

Early game flexibility translating into late game specialization is usually a very strong property of any champ.