Kalista and Anivia bot

Volt Cruelerz·Nov 23, 2014·1 votes·1,959 views

This seems a bit.. unfair... with Kalista's crazy mobility, the Anivia can just poke/zone you with impunity while Kalista farms. If you bring down Anivia, Kalista can ult her to safety...

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PenIcelandNov 27, 20141 votes

"If you bring down Anivia, Kalista can ult her to safety..."

Sure, once every 4 minutes for Eggnivia. Although that is pretty funny. If you managed to bring Anivia down once to egg form, chances are you can do it again or tell your jungler to camp bot lane once or twice for easy kills (even if Kalista gets away). Anivia is extremely squishy and immobile. No amount of slows, stun, or wall will allow her to get away from a jungler with a gap closer, a support with a gap closer, and an ad who probably has a gap closer. Now if Kalista ults Anivia away, because she doesn't have her egg passive up, you have a 2-3 minute (I don't know this cooldown) window of advantage bot lane due to Kalista having no ult. Vayne + Anivia is a scarier lane than that with the coordinated stuns and whatnot.

"The Anivia can just poke/zone you with impunity while Kalista farms"

So can many other supports like Morgana, Karma, Zyra, Lulu, etc. Except Anivia uses more mana than any of the other supports to do it well. And if Anivia is planning to RE (or ER) as a means of poke she has to be careful not to push the wave too hard or accidentally steal minions from her ADC. You see the real problem with this lane is if Anivia manages to get a hold of your jungler's blue buff, for whatever reason, or if the lane ends up being a stomp in their favor. Anivia already has high base damage without building AP, which is why she can go Tear/Chalice + Catalyst early on (in mid lane) with no problems or even start Faeri Charm/Flask, and no one wants to fight an Anivia support with a level advantage and AP to boot. Just don't allow their lane to get fed, hope your jungler isn't smoking ganja, don't get egg-baited, and let her run out of mana from attempted wall zoning, flash frost misses, or RE poke. Life would also be a lot easier with a sustain support like Sona or Soraka.