How come no one plays Anivia?

SmarmyGryphon·Jan 30, 2015·1 votes·2,233 views

I'm just curious as to why no one plays anivia? She was the first Champ I ever bought and I admit as a level 5 I wasn't very good at her. I kept playing her though and now as a recent level 30 there have been times when I've carried the team as Anivia. When I want first blood she's usually the champ I choose. Now I know she's def not in the same caliber as leblanc or syndra but I think she is a good Mid. How come I seem to be the only one playing her? Another thing is when you pick anivia everyone assumes you are a troll.lol I'm just curious, why don't you guys Like Anivia?

22 Comments

KazukesJan 30, 20152 votes

I personally feel like Anivia falls off late game. Also you do get stuck building a rod of ages and a chalice early game limiting your damage. Since come team fights you are stuck trying to snipe the enemy backline with a q stun and e (or just ult and e if you miss your target). After that first E the bruiser front line jumps on you and thats usually the end of it. Since she's such a burst mage I feel like MR is more effective against her than with other mage. CC tanks and mobility bruiser just wreck her in my opinion too tanky for her to kill and can burst her down since she's so slow and immobile.

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20151 votes

I gave up building rod of ages first. I start with the Athene's grail and then get boots and work towards Rabadons. The trick with anivia is to get a couple early game kills so you can be ready for the initial team fights. I also take clarity to help with the mana hungry issue.

Imperial JapanFeb 16, 20151 votes

How come you gave up roa? I did just fine when I played anivia for the first time ever. I went 10/0/13. Yes it was nemesis draft but I was still against a silver 3 (7 ranks above me) Zyra. I survived well enough and helped carry the 4v5.

Imperial JapanFeb 16, 20151 votes

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How come you gave up roa? I did just fine when I played anivia for the first time ever. I went 10/0/13. Yes it was nemesis draft but I was still against a silver 3 (7 ranks above me) Zyra. I survived well enough and helped carry the 4v5.

I also had ad runes and masteries too lol

ModPrandineJan 30, 20151 votes

I do play Anivia from time to time myself and no one ever complains about that when I do play as her. My guess is that it has to do with her fairly weak early game (i.e. being very mana-hungry early-game) and champs like Syndra and Leblanc can just easily bypass the Glacial Wall and just burst her down fairly easily there as well there also. Now don't get me wrong, I do believe that she is a very good champ when played properly (Froggen can vouch for that fact I'm sure there), but again, that's just my guess right there.

Also, and as for people assuming that you're a troll for picking her, my guess is that they don't like surprise picks like that that aren't the normal "meta" picks. Just ignore them and just try to prove them wrong there as well. If they decide to continue to be a jerk about it, then that's their own dang fault and problem and not yours there.

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20152 votes

Yeah Anivia can't really do much damage early game. My strategy for early game is usually a passive/aggressive style. I try to farm only using my auto in the beginning and occasionally punishing the other guy when he gets to close. Level 3 is the first time I use my abilities because its when Anivia can actually do damage and it keeps me from wasting mana. Out of curiosity Prandine have you ever tried to use Clarity to help with the mana issue?

ModPrandineJan 30, 20151 votes

No I haven't-in fact I've never even used the Clarity summoner spell before. I guess and suppose that in theory that it could work and help, but honestly I find that other summoner spells like Garrison on Dominion for example are better in the long run honestly there, so there's that at least.

Drunk RummateJan 30, 20151 votes

i've tried her when she was free before but she didnt seem all that fun to me, to be completely honest.

with 3150 IP there are a lot of other champions I would rather buy.

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20151 votes

I can understand that. I ended up buying her because I liked the way she looked lol. My friends hated playing with me at first because I only bought champs that had good looking splash art.

BakedLotionJan 30, 20152 votes

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I can understand that. I ended up buying her because I liked the way she looked lol. My friends hated playing with me at first because I only bought champs that had good looking splash art.

Thats why i use the blackfrost skin :D Anyways, I love playing her. She got hit hard with the mana regen nerfs but i still play her often in ranked, simply because no one knows how to play against her, and she can be amazing if used correctly

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20151 votes

That's pretty much the reason I play her. No one is used to playing against her so no one really tries that hard to counter her early game because they assume she's just a squishy bird. Gotta admit though, my favorite activity now is to "die" under turret.lol Apparently it's really hard to remember that anivia comes back to life.

Drunk RummateJan 30, 20151 votes

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I can understand that. I ended up buying her because I liked the way she looked lol. My friends hated playing with me at first because I only bought champs that had good looking splash art.

Hah yeah, I can imagine. When I was a noob my friends loved playing with me because I looked up the pub stomp champions and bought them first. Played a lot of katarina and akali in my early days of League. Now I'm a lot more interested in the more complex ones so I play Azir, Riven, and Orianna mostly.

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20151 votes

haha I can remember being an early level and freaking out if I had to play against Katarina. Still don't like fighting Riven.lol

XemeronJan 30, 20151 votes

Mostly because mobile mages do as much damage as she can do, while being mobile...

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20151 votes

Yeah she is slow as dirt unfortunately

Togekiss24Jan 30, 20151 votes

I LOVE anivia. She really isn't that bad even with the assassin-fest mid as become.

I think the issue is skill cap. She has a stun that consists of a slow-moving skillshot, a walling move that can botch a teamfight if misused, insane mana problems early game and poor mobility to top it all off.

Once you can get over that, though, she's a solid pusher kind of mage. I think some players seriously don't realize that her damage is amped up with her Frost passive (Stun with Q, then use E for awesome), or that you can cancel her Q at any time to both make an accurate harass AND escape. Also, be economic with her ult and don't just leave it on to clear a wave alone.

SmarmyGryphonJan 30, 20151 votes

Yeah knowing when and when not to use her abilities really helps because she is so mana hungry. I rarely use wall's just because of the risk in trapping a teammate. ( really is fun to do to a toxic player though!)

PríceJan 30, 20151 votes

Anivia's weakness is the fact that she can't roam or counter roam. When Anivia is matched up against somebody who successfully roams her other lanes will slowly get behind because of the pressure. If Anivia tries to counter roam she will almost always arrive at the other lane 5+ seconds behind her opposing laner.

BakedLotionJan 30, 20151 votes

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Anivia's weakness is the fact that she can't roam or counter roam. When Anivia is matched up against somebody who successfully roams her other lanes will slowly get behind because of the pressure. If Anivia tries to counter roam she will almost always arrive at the other lane 5+ seconds behind her opposing laner.

The thing is, she can shove to their turret in 3 seconds is she wants to. She also turtles extremely well if against a sieging enemy. Sure she cant roam fast, but hell can she put pressure on mid lane