Anivia is a powerful control mage who excels in the midlane with her strong waveclear and zone control abilities. Her ice magic provides excellent crowd control and area denial, making her particularly effective in teamfights and objective control.

Core Abilities Overview

Passive - Rebirth

• Transforms into an egg when fatally damaged
• Revives after 6 seconds if egg survives
• 6-minute cooldown
• Enables aggressive play when available

Q - Flash Frost

• Sends ice crystal that damages and chills enemies
• Reactivate to explode, stunning enemies
• Excellent for catch potential and follow-up CC
• Maxed second

E - Frostbite

• Single-target frost damage
• Doubles damage against chilled targets
• Low 4-second cooldown
• Primary damage ability, maxed first

W - Crystallize

• Creates impassable ice wall
• Lasts 5 seconds
• Blocks pathways and forces mobility cooldowns
• Maxed last

R - Glacial Storm

• Creates growing AoE storm that damages and slows
• Reaches full size in 1.5 seconds
• Triples damage and increases slow at full size
• Excellent for zoning and waveclear

Core Combos

• Basic Trade: Q > Auto Attack > E
• Full Combo: R > Q > Auto Attack > E
• Use W to force favorable positioning

Strengths

• Strong AoE damage and CC
• Excellent waveclear
• Safe laning phase
• Powerful late game scaling
• Versatile in both picks and teamfights

Weaknesses

• Limited mobility
• Reliant on skillshots
• Vulnerable to high-mobility champions
• High skill cap

Build Path Focus on AP items with mana sustain:

• Start with mana items
• Build 1-2 mana items core
• Focus on AP scaling items

Anivia requires significant practice to master but offers exceptional control and teamfight presence when played effectively.

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