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Anivia Mid build & stats

Mage B 606 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
52.6%
Pick rate
2.7%
Ban rate
3.4%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
47.1% 68 games

Build in this order

Rod of Ages 1
Rod of Ages
2,600 gold
Malignance 2
Malignance
2,700 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
8,550 gold
88.9% WR 9 games

Boots

Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
1,000 gold
56.0% 116 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
77.8% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ghost
75.0% 8 games

Max order

Frostbite E Flash Frost Q Crystallize W
47.7% 44 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Anivia

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Anivia wins 52.6% of games as Mid on patch 16.16 (606 games).
  • Most common core: Rod of Ages → Malignance → Zhonya's Hourglass — 73% win rate over 11 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 59% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Lissandra (75% over 12 games). Hardest: Twisted Fate (31% over 13 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Rod of Ages 1
Rod of Ages
Malignance 2
Malignance
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
88.9% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Rod of Ages 1
Rod of Ages
Malignance 2
Malignance
Bloodletter's Curse 3
Bloodletter's Curse
25.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Rod of Ages 1
Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff 2
Archangel's Staff
Liandry's Torment 3
Liandry's Torment
50.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
47.1% WR
68 games · 11% pick

Boots

Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
56.0% WR
116 games · 19% pick
Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
51.4% WR
109 games · 18% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
56.4% WR
39 games · 6% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
60.0% 1% (5)
57.7% 25% (149)
56.7% 15% (90)
54.5% 2% (11)
51.1% 46% (280)
50.0% 2% (12)
50.0% 1% (4)
46.7% 12% (75)
44.4% 1% (9)
36.4% 4% (22)
36.4% 2% (11)
35.7% 2% (14)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
24 games · 4% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
55.0% WR
20 games · 3% pick
Electrocute Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Manaflow Band Scorch
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
64.3% WR
14 games · 2% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Gathering Storm Presence of Mind Legend: Haste

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 47.5%30% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 60.5%13% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 62.5%4% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 47.1%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 49.8%35% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 56.8%13% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 75.0%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Frostbite E Flash Frost Q Crystallize W 47.7%44 games
Frostbite E Crystallize W Flash Frost Q 36.4%11 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → E (46%), Q → E → W (56%), E → Q → E (50%).

  • PRebirth

    Upon taking fatal damage, Anivia reverts to an egg and is reborn with full health.

  • QFlash Frost

    Anivia brings her wings together and summons a sphere of ice that flies towards her opponents, chilling and damaging anyone in its path. When the sphere explodes it does moderate damage in a radius, stunning anyone in th...

  • WCrystallize

    Anivia condenses the moisture in the air into an impassable wall of ice to block all movement. The wall only lasts a short duration before it melts.

  • EFrostbite

    With a flap of her wings, Anivia blasts a freezing gust of wind at her target, dealing damage. If the target was recently hit by Flash Frost or damaged by a fully formed Glacial Storm, the damage they take is doubled.

  • RGlacial Storm

    Anivia summons a driving rain of ice and hail to damage her enemies and slow their advance.