Talk:Annie/@comment-25223119-20150502060101/@comment-25223119-20150502085457

Even before the silence nerf, Annie was actually a solid AP Mid I thought? She was just pushed out of meta, but she was essentially sleeper strong like many other AP Mids. Because Annie was designed to be a safe, easy to pick up, high burst champion, I figured the nerf would strip her identity of being a safe laner.

I like the concept of a window of period where she can hold on to her stun though, although like you said, it's very debatable. Or maybe the 6-8 charges for a stun instead. Annie's a got high burst with or without her stun, so I think stun changes are easier to implement for counterplay. Since her W and R takes some skill to land, players have a period where they can plan to take her out before her stun comes up.

If the changes are aimed at reducing her dominance, I'd imagine the stun changes will benefit both mid and bot laners without making her weak against long range mages. I only think her strength comes from her ability to hold on to her stun until the next spell cast, which means it allows her a lot of invisible power even if you know when her stun is up.