2012-08-14, 10:05 PM
I'd say flat out weaker. It's nigh impossible to be aggressive early game without putting a neon sign above your head saying "come gank me" because her attacks push the lane even more than before and her Shunpo has a ludicrously long level 1 cooldown (14 seconds), with very low damage so there's no other incentive to level it up.
She can't successfully sneak in any meaningful harass in lane without putting herself at a massive risk. Q does very little damage on it's own, so you have to blink into melee range and W/pop the Q mark, then run away. The sad part about this harass combo is that for the level of danger you're putting yourself in, it doesn't do very much damage. A simple Annie Q/W combo hits harder, stuns, and is far safer. In the end, she went from being a "high risk, high reward" champion to a "high risk, low reward" champion. :\
She can't successfully sneak in any meaningful harass in lane without putting herself at a massive risk. Q does very little damage on it's own, so you have to blink into melee range and W/pop the Q mark, then run away. The sad part about this harass combo is that for the level of danger you're putting yourself in, it doesn't do very much damage. A simple Annie Q/W combo hits harder, stuns, and is far safer. In the end, she went from being a "high risk, high reward" champion to a "high risk, low reward" champion. :\