Talk:Viktor/@comment-1920550-20150124153150/@comment-1330314-20150126005823

AoE burst is always tricky to implement, since too much of it means certain roles, comps and champions stop functioning (tanks can't really block most kinds of AoE). 's two AoE abilities are compensated for by her short spell ranges, whereas Viktor can bring squishies down to half health from over 1000 units away with his E. Unlike Annie, he can poke from a safe range until his target's dead, and he has some of the best poke in the game, so his ult is better as a finisher than as an initiation ability. By the end, it's also not that important to Viktor's main combo, since a well-placed E + Q + auto will kill any squishy on its own.

Basically, it makes little sense to compare Viktor's burst to Annie's, because Annie's kit is designed to be completely centered on burst, and does little else besides that. On the other hand, Viktor gets a shield, a movement speed boost, on-demand AoE crowd control (Annie's passive can't be built up instantly), an interrupt, and a much subtler distribution of power that allows him to function even after comboing a target, whereas Annie can't do much after using all of her burst.

Generally, comparing two champions on just one feature isn't a good idea, because you're going to miss a ton of other differences that compensate for it (no champion is meant to be a better version of another): sure, Anivia has more CC, but way less damage, especially in the late game where hers falls off and Viktor's just keeps getting better. Viktor's also much faster at pretty much everything he does, and his ult can move around when active, unlike Anivia's.