User blog comment:Crashfan1997/ADC annie, viable in a few ways!/@comment-5649293-20130803005652/@comment-4921386-20130803011429

It is something that works pretty well. It boils down to abusing Annie's strong laning with her range and base damages, and her ability to outduel any carry bottom lane through a combination of her nearly on-demand stuns and her Molten Shield giving her a massive amount of defensive steroids on top of a thornmail-like effect.

She won't scale nearly as well as more traditional carries, but she's much more durable through her shield and self-peeling stuns, and can strike for big damage from a significantly larger distance.