btw, if going up against a mordekaiser you should absolutely NOT stand behind your minions, that way he will farm, harass and get his shield up all at once. It's better to stand to the side of the minions.

What I meant with the voidstaff comment: You have 60 mpen without the void staff (all flat). You then add the 40 % from void staff, aswell as 15 % from archaic knowledge, for a total of 55% spell pen. Wouldn't it be better to use this for another item? some maths: say a normal MR for a carry is BV + base. This goes up to 90 MR.

90 - 60 (flat) = 30
30 * (1 - .55) = 13.5
difference when getting %: 10% more damage, this means getting of 1 q would be more beneficial for your damage.

So the % spellpen drops the MR by another 16.5 . Is this really worth the last item slot, or would it maybe serve you better to buy something else (either more AP or defensive, which leads to the next part).

On the other bit: You have extra MR, however you don't get extra armor from items (even though she has a high base armor) and your shield will be down at times. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to stay alive even longer, maybe by buying an hourglass (if you want more AP and armor) or a guardian. These are just examples and, just as every defensive item, should be situational.

with the abyssal scepter your defenses are both 80-ish plus the sheild = 100-ish that decent for a mage isnt it? :/

oh i forgot LoL Guides:

I figure if your doing soo much damage they cant get away :D

OK thank you for all the comments/feedback guys.
Firstly mega thanks to LOLTROLLOLOL

This definatly helped alot ^_^

Secondly 2and2makes3: while those boots definatly enable Annie to cast more frequently I feel especialy early game that it counteracts the mana regen in this build, the spells just cooldown too quickly. WIth guardian angel you would survive longer, but the spell vamp you are doing means that with more ability power you will survibe longer anyway.

And lastly Mastarwe:
Initialy yes I agree with you, its overkill early game but as soon as anyone looking to be durable buys merc treads you will still have that magic pen against them.


Im not sure I understand... that almost 60 flatpen is with the voidstaff, are you saying it's wasted?

oh yeh I just checked...that sheild doenst do the spell vamp *sheepish grin* but tibbers passively heals you tho.

Yes i will spellcheck this whole thing...sorry if you couldnt understand something.

Making changes now...

The reason people get w first is so that you can have a stun (and an AoE) just in case of a level 1 preminion team fight at lower elos, it would be fine to get q first however the AoE stun PWNS in higher.

Good Guide. Id recommend though to get a Rylai's after Rod of Ages. Great Slow and no one can run away from you! anyway +1

mm, wouldn't all that magic pen go to waste in most of the game, people start of at 30 MR and on most champs that doesn't get higher untill they buy items.

Also void staff is very stupid if you're already having 60 flatpen, because of how the maths goes. (flat reduction -> %red -> flat penetration -> %pen), same goes for the 15% pen talent in offense. (Maybe you could take improved ignite and use ignite as one of the summoners, that is if you really need all those Mpen runes).

The build is also very squishie, sure you've got a RoA and an Abyssal, but what about the carries? They will feed on your soul when using this build.

Are you really sure on that you're getting healed from the shield? Thinking of the fact that spellvamp works on spells, not on toggles and similar things (like kog maw's W).

Don't know if you're aware of the numbers but spellvamp works in the following way (just a little info for the theorycrafters):
Single target: 100% spellvamp (of what you got).
AoE/DoT: 33% spellvamp.

also: check the spelling one more time (WotA bit).

Hello, nice guide, you should run a spell check though, it would help a lot. Also to have the icon and tool-tip, surround the official name with brackets. Ex. Doran's ring -> Doran's Ring. ((Doran's Ring)) replace ( s with [ s. Hope to see the guide when it is finished. +1

Thanks, really nice guide, very detailed.
The only 2 comments I would make would be Ionian boots of lucidity perhaps (to make it easier to dish out some damage in team fights), and maybe getting an earlyish Guardian Angel, because if you're playing Annie right, you shouldn't be dying too much, this makes it easier to stay alive.
V. nice guide.