oh good
that's much better
the thing with items is that each class of champion basically has a set of items meant for them
so what you would buy on mages is almost never going to overlap with a fighter like jax or garen
there is minor overlap between an ad carry like trist and fighters but not much
because these classes value different stats
mages value ability power, magic penetration, cooldown reduction, mana + mana regeneration
because these are all stats that benefit their abilities, which is why they exist
but mages have a lot of great options if they want to get specific utilities
if you're fighting a physical damage dealer with a mage
yasuo being one of them
you can buy a zhonya's hourglass
which is honestly one of the best items in the game
it gives you ability power, armor, cooldown reduction
and an active that puts you in stasis for 2.5 seconds
when you see champions go golden thats what that is
so although you can't fight when you are in stasis, it also means no one can touch you
you can use it to buy time for your cooldowns to come up, or if they're diving you under your tower, you can't be touched but your tower still shoots them
that's the defensive buy for mages, over bramble vest
now normally
you want to complete one item at a time
but sometimes you only need one component right away
for example, a lot of split-push champions are not naturally good at shoving minions waves
so they buy Tiamat, which causes their auto attacks to deal splash damage
so you shove way faster
and they can sit on Tiamat without upgrading it for a while, because all they care about is the AoE
and the extra stats from a completed Ravenous or Titanic Hydra (what Tiamat builds into) aren't as worthwhile
in the case of mages
for zhonyas
it has 3 components
Seeker's Armguard, which gives AP and Armor
Fiendish Codex, which gives AP and CDR
and Stopwatch, which gives the Stasis active, but can only be used once before fully building zhonyas
most mages really need to complete a mana item ASAP, usually anything that builds from Lost Chapter
but you can purchase an early Seeker's Armguard first to give you that defensive boost
before going into your mana item
it's not as strong as a full zhonyas ofc, but it makes you way harder to kill
I should also note that as a general rule, the defensive boots (Ninja Tabi/Mercury Treads) are always fine alternatives even on damage-dealers
Mages normally want Sorc Boots, ADCs normally want Berserker's Greaves, but Tabi/Mercs are always strong
so for Annie specifically
she is a burst mage
she is meant to just delete squishy targets with one spell rotation
that's why she goes Electrocute or Predator usually for runes
Electrocute is the strongest burst damage rune, but Predator gives her easier target access (since she has no mobility to actually get on people without flashing)
items that help her one-shot targets are ideal
Luden's Echo is your mana/cdr item and it helps with waveclear + burst
Morellonomicon gives you flat magic pen, which is strong against targets with low magic resist values
Void Staff gives you percentage magic pen, which is strong against targets with higher mr values
I don't know off the top of my head where the break-even point is between the two
Rabadon's Deathcap gives you a shitton of AP and multiplies the AP you already have, so its always strong once you have some AP built up
like a 3rd or 4th item
Hextech Protobelt gives you burst and waveclear, but it's great on Annie because it gives you a mini-dash
so you can catch people off guard
uhhh
Zhonyas ofc for defensive
even if you're not worried about physical damage
the active on it is so strong its just the best defensive item for mages
but Banshee's Veil is the go-to for magic resist on mages
or versus long range poke champions
because it gives you a spell shield that blocks the next spell that would hit you
every 40 seconds
Spellbinder is also there, but it takes some getting used to using it
:x I think that's everything that's good on Annie
the most essential thing to learn with her is that her R is a decent-sized AoE right
and so if you have your passive stun ready
and the enemy team is close together
you can flash on them and ult the lot of them
and the stun applies to EVERYONE
so that makes Annie useful even from behind, as long as you can make that play
and if you're even or ahead, you also delete anyone who is squishy and chunk the rest of the team
and that's why some people play support Annie
you don't actually need to do damage for that to be useful
it's just that other mages are more useful in the support role than annie is
years ago support annie was strong because she had a longer auto-attack range than almost every AD Carry, so you could harass them in lane
but they took that away
support annie hasn't been good since
Brand, Zyra, Vel'Koz, Morgana, Lux, even Xerath all play better as damage-heavy mage supports