Riot you just killed Anivia

Sammystorm·11/25/2016, 5:12:20 AM·5 votes·1,421 views

So Anivia had a strong solo queue win rate I will admit that and her E>R combo was probably too strong but you just killed her. She now has 0 consistent damage. Her E>R combo was her only form of consistent damage. Her Q is one of the slowest skill shots in the game and can't be used to poke as it leaves her open to counter harass. Her w does 0 damage. Her ult doesn't proc her E until after 1.5 seconds of someone standing in your ult or someone walking in your ult after 1.5 seconds. Neither of which really happen at all. No longer can Anivia fight anyone in lane. Literally all she can do now is farm and hope a team stays in her ult. Her only strength now is her counter pushing. In the highly mobile fights that happen these days that almost never happens. I am going to go on a limb here and say that she won't be played anymore. I certainly won't as a long term Anivia main. If she does get played it will be in the support role because that will be all she is good for because you nerfed her damage so hard but buffed her utility.

So basically Anivia is probably the worst or one of the worst mages in the game now. She won't be playable in mid lane anymore and she might be picked in bot lane as a support because of the wall cd changes. Basically you took a mage with a fairly low play rate and made it so that play rate will be basically non-existent.

23 Comments

Leo102411/25/2016, 5:30:39 AM1 votes

So basically Anivia is probably the worst or one of the worst mages in the game now

i'm so triggered right now, i used to be a Taliyah main until she got gutted, at least anivia is still viable

Unpaladin11/25/2016, 5:33:48 AM1 votes

Didn't they increase the missile speed of her Q with her update? I wouldn't say it's too unreliable if that's the case. Other mages also have an ability that does 0 damage; Anivia has enough in her 3 other abilities already regardless of some E flat damage nerf. This is a similar case to the Assassin update where a champion's performance and reliability are lowered and everything is shaken up right now.

Besides that you forgot to mention she'd be in a better spot without Syndra/Viktor dominating the game, since she's automatically in an bad spot with them running around. Get their absurd powerspikes and Rylais slows out of the picture and I'm sure Anivia players will be able to do something in the future despite all of this.

Merbstrom11/26/2016, 1:47:39 AM1 votes

I haven't played her since the changes this patch, is it actually possible to get an e proc off with her r without trapping them with w? Man... Her mana is going to be even worse now huh? I can't think of any way to conserve it now. :/

Merbstrom11/26/2016, 3:55:01 AM1 votes

Just tested it in a custom, so essentially this nerf means that you can only really reliably crit your e if the opponent doesn't have any mobility spells. At least the Rylai's nerf won't hurt her.

Lloyd Croomy12/18/2016, 9:38:53 AM1 votes

I tried her yesterday and im lvl 7 Anivia... forget it... she will never be played anymore... i laned a ziggs and i missed one q (lvl 7) and he just killed me cuz my e made 0 dmg (he walked out of my ult before 1.5 secs) and i could do nothing after this... gj riot! Anivia is dead... first u kill my taliyah with that new w and now anivia... THANK U

SCSU2/24/2017, 5:51:00 PM1 votes

Nivia was one of the first champs I ever played in league, It took a long time to start winning with her and once I start predicting player movement to be able to land her extremely hard to land q I finally started to win games (if you could land a q-e or two pre 6 you had a high chance of winning lane). Those where the days. Played Anivia this week for the first time in a while and happened to realize her level 6 power spike is gone. The fact that this happens in the same time frame as champs like ekko, varus, jhin, zed, rengar, kha all continue to be able to deal tons of damage with little counter play. Stupid riot, just stupid. I know for a fact that with the release of the new skin you will be hearing lots of negative feedback and I hope whoever is responsible for this mistake is either fired or fixes my bird right away.