+125 HP at level 6 with magic pen quints > +222 HP at level 6.

The post really wasn't about the mp5 but if you're going oom from harassing once every 5 casts something is going wrong.

Sorry but your "guide" was my one of my main motivations for finishing my own quickly. I was extremely dissatisfied with it and it's pretty flawed. Not trying to be rude but the purpose of a guide is to help beginners and I feel you lack the experience to be writing them.

Like I said, you don't need a Mejai's to snowball. Getting kills will give you a gold and level advantage that should be all the snowballing you need. If you were to finish the game with 20 stacks then you would've won even if you hadn't bought that mejai's.

Rushing the RoA gives you a much stronger mid-game than the Mejai's rush does and you don't have to worry about losing stacks and can be a team player. In addition, it reduces your reliance on the golem buff in case your poor Kassadin might need it or something.

As for W, it will go through walls if the cast point (where Annie breaths the fire) is NOT over a wall/obstacle. You'll notice, for example, that if you're standing too close to a destroyed tower and try to cast W that it sometimes won't work. Take a few steps back and make sure she isn't casting over any obstacles and it should work fine.

You want as strong of an early game as possible. If you shut down the enemy solo-mid you will pretty much have the game won already. Flat HP quints are far and away the best quints to get on MOST characters, Annie included. Annie is an incredibly strong early game champ thanks to her auto-attack range and low cooldown/strong spells + stun. Getting the HP quints in addition to the Doran's ring allows you to get in there and start fighting early. If you go with MPen or something else, you will do a bit more damage sure, but you'll also be forced to retreat more quickly. Trust me on this one, Flat HP quints are the way to go.

And actually, the MP5 on the Doran's is very helpful for your early game. Especially if you're facing an aggressive opponent you need to be casting spells at them often. +10 AP also never hurt anyone.

You forgot to say on MOST characters for the first few levels after that they become pretty lack luster. The reason why you wouldn't need them with doran's is because like you said annie is an incredibly strong early game champion.

Deadalis - I don't want to argue with you. If you want to do the best you take flat HP quints and start with a Doran's ring. There's really nothing more to it and the early phase of the game is just too important to risk getting anything less than that extra 225 HP. Those two items are the strongest early game, that's all but fact.

Andrige - No. CDR is by far better for blues than AP.

I've actually gotten quite a few kills dropping tibbers into a bush. Got a double kill out of it the other day on a pair of retreating champions, and got a few compliments on it.

I've been doing most of what you said item-wise already. I've also found I don't like getting soul-stealer, for the reasons you posted. The only thing I've been doing differently is starting with mana crystal to get to catalyst sooner. I rely on the larger mana pool to keep me out in the lane long enough to get it, rather than having the energy regen, and having an extra pot to keep my health up.

I'm still not entirely sure on maxing incinerate first though. I get that incinerate does more damage, but I also will usually get more disintegrates off in a team fight due to shorter cd. Then again, the incinerates being able to hit multiple people is compelling too. Enough so that I'll have to at least give it a try.

Incinerate always first. Don't be sucked into the theorycrafting bull**** that so many people on this forum do. Theorycrafting is for people who suck at the game and feel the need to contribute in some way or another with simple math that anyone can do. Math is great, but a teamfight can't be modeled with equations and variables. You max W and get off as much damage as you can because you don't know if you will be able to do it again anytime soon. Other people have brains too, they won't stand there politely and let you repeatedly hit them with your Q as soon as it's off cooldown.