Unfortunately, I cannot find the time to spare to update the guide. With S3 on the horizon, I simply cannot keep up with the changes. I quit LoL so I can't really provide any information to you players. Good luck with Annie and stay gold.

Will update the guide when I get the chance to. DFG rush is no longer "viable" since the nerfs to it.

Great guide, i love Annie, but im still noob with her. Im follow this guide, keep the great work :)
PD: my inglish sucks, i know, im from Argentina x3

Updated the cheat sheet. Will be adding Diana, Cho'Gath, and Sion to the matchups sections when I get the time to. Slowly, but surely.

Great guide, well put together and interesting. I build Morgana in a very similar fashion. Really my only comment is that Athena's holy grail actually gives you 90 ap while you list it as giving the standard 80 ap. +1

Such a complete guide! The lesser glyphs/marks/spells and so on for lower level summoners is extremely useful for those who want to play her right out of the gate. I also like how you include metrics to see if the summoner is really "getting" how to own with Annie or not as they play her. Visually well-organized, well-written, and informative with a splash of humor. Keep up the good work!

+ Scouted :D

very useful guide for my opinion. Thanks for that!

Trendition: Then you might as well give everyone a 5. It's like playing against BigfatLP. No matter who you choose, you'll always lose (considering that case).

I think you're contradicting yourself. " Viktor isn't a big threat to Annie." A good Viktor versus a good Annie. Who will win? You don't know until you try it out. You're saying I haven't faced a good Twisted Fate? Well you must be smoking something then. A good Twisted Fate has good skill aim with his Q but even then he can only play as an assassin. He can't burst down anyone early on (something Annie can easily do).

She's a high-risk high-reward champion. Easy to play, hard to master. If we have to be above 1600 ELO to make guides, I wouldn't even be here. Period. Might as well try in ranked again and go to solomid for 2000+ players right? Though I agree with more then half of your points, I can easily make an "ugly" guide and can probably get the same results.

Personally, I think you need more experience if you're going to tell other people how to play a champion. Just watching ranked games that OTHER people play and using other people to come along-side and give you advice on what to write doesn't make you an expert on the champion. I think it's great that you went to all that work to learn more, but from your champion ratings down below it becomes painfully obvious that you haven't faced that many good players. You gave Kennen a 2? Obviously you haven't played nearly enough if you've never faced a good Kennen, and when you do you're in serious trouble. Katarina has been seriously underrated as well, especially with the new remake (shifted more damage into her ranged harass and away from shunpo, and if you save your stun for when she uses death-lotus, she'll just keep harassing you with her mana-free spells; if you do use your stun on her before she's used ult, then she'll ult you; bad business in either case).

Still unsure why you have ranged-ADs in that list, as you shouldn't be facing them in mid-lane, even in most low-level games. TF needs at least a 4, cuz if you ever face a really good TF (which you OBVIOUSLY haven't yet) you're gonna be hard-pressed to match him, partly because of his extremely mobile ganking opportunities, and partly because his stun-range is about as long as yours, so getting close to him can be costly. He's mostly played at the higher levels though, and if you're writing a guide for an AP-mid, you should've played with some good TF players by now, honestly.

Viktor isn't a big threat to annie, a 4 is a bit of an over-rating imo. I played him for awhile, and he's weak to people with burst and consistent hard CC. If you're decent at jukeing his lazers aren't hard to dodge either. You should win a Viktor lane fairly easily.

Also, despite what you repeatedly say, playing Annie isn't hard. I love playing Annie, played her for well over a year now, and she isn't difficult to get the hang of. On a 1-10 scale for hardness I'd give her a 2 at most, and only because you have to manage stacks for pyromania and know when to use them (which comes with just a bit of practice). I know everyone takes a decent amount of skill to master, but most of that is just mastering the game-mechanics in general (warding, positioning, critical/strategic thinking), and as far as actual skill required by the CHAMPION to accomplish your jobs, Annie rates incredibly low on the skill side. But if you're going to make another "comprehensive guide" to a well-known and easy character, you should be at least in the 1600 ELO range or above, and have something new and diverse to bring to the table, other then just a lot of spare time to watch pros play this champion or ask for help. It's a nice guide, but I people know 90% of this already or can look at the #2-10 guides to get it. I appreciate the work, but to get the #1 champion guide spot, I think it should take more than a 'pretty' guide.

+1
this is simular to the other top annie guide, but u get my vote because of the match ups, and DFG.
ill send u a screenshot of my game with her using your awesome knowledge, which led me to not only carrying my team, BUT ALSO going 12-ZERO-18.
Thanks alot man