Talk:Anivia/@comment-26808509-20170221165825/@comment-26837195-20170326121839

Anivia main here, there are two ways to focus on dealing damage in a teamfight

Q and R. Good W usage is key to mastering either of these but past that they emphasize completely different skills. Q based playstyles work with TLD and R based playstyles work with DFT

R requires good positioning and juking as you'll be Karthus/Swain (battle mage) distance from the enemy, and a good understanding of how assassins and fighters analyze the best way to reposition with mobility (Is Lee Sin going to ward hop towards your team, or cross the wall?).

Q requires you to know when to engage and make picks vs standing back, and the ability to intuitively understand how league paths champions around your wall (split second decisions to stop them from juking your Q).

(this doesn't mean you don't use the other ability, of course, it's just how you focus on getting your damage off.)

For example, a lot of people who play around R use Q when they've already placed down W, and usually it's to keep the 3+ enemies in your ult for longer by zoning out their path or stunning them in place. (Combo: RWEQQE. Place down R early on, usually on the tanks and bruisers)

People who play around Q, however, don't place down W or R. They wait for a squishy short ranged mage or ADC to step forward, before doing QWQER on that single target to wipe them out before backing off again. (So they wait for an opening, similarly to Annie holding a stun and not wasting it on the tanks)

So if you want to play long range Annie, take TLD. If you want to play AoE Cassiopeia, take DFT