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Strategy is highly subjective and may become outdated without any notice. Because of this, the League of Legends Wiki has decided to retire strategy pages and would recommend using other platforms (such as YouTube) to find guides. For more information visit this thread.

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Champion Spotlight[]

Recommended Items[]

Summoner's Rift
Starting Doran's Ring item Health Potion item2 Warding Totem item
Early Boots of Speed item Catalyst of Aeons item Tear of the Goddess item
Essential Sorcerer's Shoes item Rod of Ages item Archangel's Staff item
Standard Zhonya's Hourglass item Rabadon's Deathcap item Void Staff item
Situational Liandry's Torment item Hextech GLP-800 item Luden's Echo item
Consumables Health Potion item Control Ward item Elixir of Sorcery item
Twisted Treeline
Starting Tear of the Goddess item Health Potion item2
Essential Rod of Ages item Sorcerer's Shoes item Archangel's Staff item
Standard Wooglet's Witchcap item Void Staff item Hextech GLP-800 item
Situational Liandry's Torment item Luden's Echo item
Consumables Health Potion item Elixir of Sorcery item
Howling Abyss
Starting Tear of the Goddess (Quick Charge) item Ruby Crystal item Health Potion item5
Essential Sorcerer's Shoes item Archangel's Staff (Quick Charge) item Rod of Ages (Quick Charge) item
Standard Rabadon's Deathcap item Void Staff item Zhonya's Hourglass item
Situational Liandry's Torment item Luden's Echo item Banshee's Veil item
Consumables Oracle's Extract item Health Potion item Elixir of Sorcery item

Tips[]

Playing As Anivia Anivia
  • Timing Flash Frost Flash Frost with Frostbite Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
  • Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or go for a Crest of Insight Crest of Insight buff on Summoner's Rift.
  • It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Playing Against Anivia Anivia
  • Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg egg dies.
  • If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost Flash Frost more easily.
  • Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize Crystallize.

Tricks[]

  • Anivia Anivia is a combo mage based on landing and combining her skills onto a single enemy. However, 3 of her skills are area of effect, which increases her utility in various situations. Since her kit is focused on a quick combo and a finishing move for one enemy, being a utility combo mage with a great amount of crowd control, she is definitely a mid laner.
  • Strengths: Anivia has one of the biggest auto-attack ranges. Her damage source comes from her amazing AP ratio on both hits of Flash Frost Flash Frost and the double damage on Chilled targets from Frostbite Frostbite. Glacial Storm Glacial Storm is a great farming tool, making her an incredible pusher. With proper positioning, Crystallize Crystallize will push melee enemies away. As she has an incredible scaling ratio, her late game power is quite impressive.
  • Weaknesses: Anivia is quite squishy, she has low base level 1 health, one of the lowest level 18 health pools, and the lowest base movement speed. She has high mana costs, 3 skillshots, and a high cooldown on Flash Frost Flash Frost. She has a slow auto-attack animation and slow attack speed growth. Due to having low attributes, average base damage on her skills and big mana problems, she suffers on a weak early game.
  • Rebirth Rebirth will modify your armor and magic resist, depending on your level, it will drop or raise it. From level 12 onwards, it will begin to get stronger, as it will raise your armor and magic resistance values at levels 12 and 15.
  • Her combo is focused on an all-in-combo, so she can kill a squishy target really fast without retaliation.
  • Anivia Anivia is good when fighting enemies that need to be in a specific spot (Draven Draven and Trundle Trundle for example), zoning them with her ultimate. Good against enemies that need a way to get closer, as she can still maintain distance with her range or crowd control (LeBlanc LeBlanc,Katarina Katarina for example). And is really strong against enemies that don't have any gap closer skills, since she has great disengage capabilities and can punish enemies that come to chase her.
  • The Chilled debuff applied by her Glacial Storm Glacial Storm and Flash Frost Flash Frost will leave a trail even if the enemy becomes invisible.
  • Since Crystallize Crystallize creates an impassable area, it will interact with skills that need walls to have full effect. So champions like Gnar Gnar and Poppy Poppy can be really useful on the same team.
    • Crystallize Crystallize grants vision of the area for the duration of the wall, and will draw turret aggro if it displaces an enemy champion.
  • If Anivia Anivia start channelling Teleport Teleport, it will be continued even in hers passive egg form. If you play Anivia Anivia with Teleport Teleport you can use it when you are surrounded by enemies and have no way to escape, but their crowd control spells are already on cooldown and they don't have enough damage to burst you that fast.
Ability Usage
  • Anivia's spells should be used carefully, as Flash Frost Flash Frost has a slow traveling speed which makes it possible for the enemy to use a shield, cure, or just dodge it.
  • Q Q > R R can farm a minion wave very quickly, but this can burn out your mana pool.
  • It is generally recommended to time Rebirth Rebirth while under an allied tower or while you have your allies for protection. Do not count on your egg too much when you are alone and not under a tower. Low-level enemies can kill you because of the huge armor + magic resistance reduction and long revive time. Try to be aggressive in teamfights so you can deal good damage; be focused and let your team do the rest while they start working on your egg.
    • Rebirth Rebirth can be used to bait an enemy to commit to killing Anivia Anivia when your jungler ganks that lane.
    • Despite having Rebirth Rebirth, Anivia Anivia is fairly vulnerable to other harassment. Heavy hits can severely cripple her. Try to stop harassment by stunning your opponent before they can combo you to win tradeoffs.
  • Anivia Anivia's basic combo is to place Glacial Storm Glacial Storm, place Crystallize Crystallize to block the opponent from escaping, and throw Flash Frost Flash Frost in a line towards the edge of the wall to stun the opponent as they try to move. Then follow up with a Frostbite Frostbite.
  • Both the damage from passing through and the detonation of Flash Frost Flash Frost remove a spell shield from Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil. This means if you time it correctly and detonate Flash Frost Flash Frost right after it passed through an enemy with Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil's spell shield, it will dissolve and the detonation will deal full damage, stunning the target.
  • During the laning phase, use your autoattacks to hide harassment attempts. Stand within attack range of an enemy champion and autoattack minions with Anivia Anivia. When the enemy doesn't expect it, launch a Flash Frost Flash Frost and charge straight at them; if you time it correctly, they will be chilled and stunned, and you'll be close enough to land a follow-up for tons of damage. This is an effective strategy because the start of many of Anivia Anivia's spell animations look similar to the beginning of her autoattack animations, and this can often catch an enemy, expecting an autoattacker, off-guard.
  • Flash Frost Flash Frost's area of effect explosion is slightly bigger than the initial projectile's area, so try to hit the opponent twice with the spell by detonating it after it passes through them.
  • Crystallize Crystallize has a short cast time, so be sure to cast it well in front of the opponent. Just a little in front will block you off and push them away.
  • In the jungle, Crystallize Crystallize can completely block off a pathway. Allies can be blocked in/out as well so timing is essential.
    • Crystallize Crystallize can completely block the Blue Sentinel Blue Sentinel in its area. This allows you to kill it without taking any damage as it cannot reach melee range and attack.
    • Crystallize Crystallize will grant assists if an enemy champion touches it before dying. Be careful of turrets targeting you if an enemy touches your wall.
    • Crystallize Crystallize can also be used to stop Maokai's Maokai's Sapling Toss Sapling Toss and Elise's Elise's Volatile Spiderling Volatile Spiderling from running by placing it on top of the sapling, which prevents it from running anywhere, or pushing a minion into it, causing it to reassign its target.
    • It is also possible to disrupt channeled ultimates by putting Crystallize Crystallize directly on top of the opponent. This is useful if Flash Frost Flash Frost is on cooldown.
  • Frostbite Frostbite deals double if the target is stunned by Flash Frost Flash Frost or hit by a fully formed Glacial Storm Glacial Storm, so try to time it correctly.
  • Glacial Storm Glacial Storm is a great spell that can clear entire minion waves very quickly. Be sure to deactivate the spell when you don't need it as it will quickly drain your mana.
  • Glacial Storm Glacial Storm is an ideal tower taking ability, assuming you have blue buff blue buff or high mana regeneration. You can drop Glacial Storm Glacial Storm on the wide gap of the turret where the minions come out. This gives a lot of enemy champions problems especially if they are melee due to them having to make the choice of walking through Glacial Storm Glacial Storm and getting hit with a Q Q > E E combo or try to make their way around the remaining small areas left uncovered by Glacial Storm Glacial Storm setting up for an easy Q Q > E E combo. The same concept can be used for enemies playing offensively and attacking your tower.
  • Anivia Anivia is a great pick against enemies that need to be in a specific position, Draven Draven, Ezreal Ezreal, and even Vayne Vayne, since their kits need positioning and mobility. Glacial Storm Glacial Storm slows, making Flash Frost Flash Frost easier to handle, and finishing with Frostbite Frostbite is almost a safe kill because Flash Frost Flash Frost's stun will stop your enemy in Glacial Storm Glacial Storm, causing extra damage per second.
  • Because of slow autoattack animations, high cooldowns and mana costs, farming with Anivia Anivia can be hard. So staying safe before level 6 is crucial for a good early game. Anivia Anivia has one of the biggest auto-attack ranges, and Flash Frost Flash Frost can be used for farming too, since it can hit two times and have a good area damage.
    • However, be careful when using Flash Frost Flash Frost for farming, as it is one of your abilities that can help you escape dangerous situations.
  • Frostbite Frostbite deals extra damage when hit enemies affected by Chill, so it need to be the last skill to be cast. The combination of her spells depends on the situation.
  • If chased, place Glacial Storm Glacial Storm followed by Frostbite Frostbite and Flash Frost Flash Frost. The enemy will be both stunned and their pursuit delayed.
  • For a quick harass on melee champions, place Glacial Storm Glacial Storm followed immediately by Frostbite Frostbite. This is very useful to keep distance and harass.
  • When being chased, try to walk through narrow passages. Crystallize Crystallize can completely block the way and for 5 seconds you can hit your enemies without risk (be aware of gap closers and/or skillshots)
  • Anivia Anivia becomes very dangerous when in the jungle, as it gives the enemies less opportunities to dodge her spells. Therefore, try to force team fights in small places.
Rune Usage
Item Usage
  • Anivia Anivia has severe mana problems. Without Crest of Insight Crest of Insight, she can quickly run out of mana from many of her abilities, especially Glacial Storm Glacial Storm. Consider buying a Tear of the Goddess Tear of the Goddess and some potions on your first recall.
  • Tear of the Goddess Tear of the Goddess, Archangel's Staff Archangel's Staff and eventually Seraph's Embrace Seraph's Embrace is a must have path on Anivia Anivia's build. She can stack really fast by spamming her skills on minions and even placing Glacial Storm Glacial Storm while in the base for free stacks.
    • Note: Glacial Storm Glacial Storm doesn't stop while Recall Recalling, so always use it before leaving or entering the base.
  • The best way to build Anivia Anivia is to focus on mana, keeping her damage and increasing her survivability. So the standard and best build is:
    1. Two items to sustain her mana pool (Seraph's Embrace Seraph's Embrace, Rod of Ages Rod of Ages )
    2. Boots of choice (Sorcerer's Shoes Sorcerer's Shoes, Mercury's Treads Mercury's Treads, or Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ionian Boots of Lucidity).
    3. One purely offensive item (Void Staff Void Staff or Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap)
    4. An offense/defense hybrid item (Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass, Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil or even another Rod of Ages Rod of Ages since its passive will still stack)
    5. A purely defensive item (Abyssal Mask Abyssal Mask or Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen)
    • Note: If it proves necessary, pick several purely offensive items and two purely defensive ones.
  • A defensive alternative to Rod of Ages Rod of Ages is Abyssal Mask Abyssal Mask.
  • The second combination (Morellonomicon Morellonomicon and Seraph's Embrace Seraph's Embrace) is the more offensive option. The extra mana regen, bonus mana pool, and the useful shield alongside the reduced cooldown, in this way, will be more offensive, plus the passive to deal with sustain-based enemies. In this option, Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment will prove more useful.
  • The third option (Rod of Ages Rod of Ages and Seraph's Embrace Seraph's Embrace) will be a balanced way. They will synergize extremely well, the bonus mana will increase the active shield, the bonus AP from your mana pool, the bonus health from the RoA passive, and the lane sustain. In this build a second Rod of Ages Rod of Ages, Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap or Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment will prove more useful.
    • A Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector is a great item to help Anivia Anivia in her laning phase, giving her some much needed health and mana and can be built into a Rod of Ages Rod of Ages later in the game.
    • Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass will have multiple uses. Since your abilities have high AP ratios, it will increase your damage sufficiently. The bonus armor will make your egg more resilient to damage and the active can be a life saver in teamfights. Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass is also very effective against AD assassins.
    • As a pure AP caster, Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap should be bought if you are having trouble with tanks and bruisers.
    • Since Frostbite Frostbite has the same range as your auto-attacks and a low cooldown, Lich Bane Lich Bane can be very useful. Right-clicking on your enemy after casting Frostbite Frostbite will add extra damage from a safer place, as Anivia Anivia has the third biggest attack range.
  • Due to Anivia Anivia being a combo mage based on crowd control and positioning of skillshots, Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rylai's Crystal Scepter will boost your damage, give more survivability, and provide more crowd control, thus making it easier both to execute your combos and to catch enemies/prevent them from reaching you.
  • Because Anivia's damage comes from only three abilities and two of them have a high AP ratio when applied on a Chilled target, Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap is very beneficial in increasing her damage.
  • Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment in conjunction with Glacial Storm Glacial Storm can yield devastating results. The flat penetration in conjunction with the damage per second and the enhanced burn for the passive can make you a deadly presence in teamfights. Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment also helps a lot with penetrating tanks.
  • Since Anivia can be very mana hungry, consider starting out with Faerie Charm Faerie Charms + Health Potion Health Potions. In other words, anything that improves her sustain is a good way to start your game.
  • Luden's Echo Luden's Echo is a good pick, but should not be considered a core item. The extra mobility can be good at some stages of the game, but there are more essential stats to acquire, like cooldown reduction, mana and survivability, so consider the purchase carefully.
  • Avoid buying pure damage first, your core stats are mana and health. Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap or Void Staff Void Staff should never be a first or second item on your build.
Countering
  • Try to destroy her egg from her Rebirth Rebirth to prevent her from coming back to life.
    • At early game, the egg is fairly weak, as it reduces her armor and magic resistance instead of increasing. Use this to your advantage.
    • Use knockback or pull effects to place the egg away from allies or turrets that can aid its survival.
  • When playing on Summoner's Rift, a good strategy against Anivia is to steal her blue buff. Without it, she can't regenerate mana quickly enough, even with mana regeneration items, and if she tries to spam Glacial Storm Glacial Storm, Anivia will become out of mana very fast.
  • Anivia Anivia is very squishy both early game and late game. It is recommended to solo her while she is weak early game.
    • Try to engage her when her Rebirth Rebirth is on cooldown.
  • Flash Frost Flash Frost will stun you if you are in the path of the spell. Try to move away from the path to avoid both the stun and damage. Keep range from her to avoid damage.
    • When escaping from her, move criss cross to avoid her Flash Frost Flash Frost from a distance.
  • Avoid confrontation with her in the jungle. Her Crystallize Crystallize can block you from escaping or chasing easily.
  • Keep in mind that the double damage effect in her Frostbite Frostbite only applies when you are hit by her Flash Frost Flash Frost or Glacial Storm Glacial Storm. It will not proc if you are slowed by abilities or Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
  • Crowd control effects that stop abilities from being cast, such as stuns or silences, immediately stop Glacial Storm Glacial Storm from being channeled. If Anivia is not guaranteed to die within the duration of such crowd control effects, it may be wiser to save them in expectation of Glacial Storm Glacial Storm to stop it from being channeled.

References[]

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