Talk:Anivia/Strategy/@comment-20434720-20130916235252/@comment-5791947-20131025020523

Face it, you can't counter Anivia.

Just kidding. There's many ways you can counter her.

Laning-wise 1. Use champions that use little to no mana. , and  are good champions for that. Anivia is a very mana-hungry champion, and pre-6 she has difficuties harassing you. If Anivia misses her Flash Frost, not only she has wasted 120 mana for nothing, she effectively has no other damage to duel you, Frostbite is pathetic without the frost debuff. As a manaless champion, take advantage of that and harass the hell out of her the moment she misses. (do be careful of junglers).

2. Use very mobile champions. ,, and  has no issues dodging her Q as long as you do not use the gap closer before Anivia use her Flash Frost. Same as above, harass if she misses, and establish lane dominance. Contrary to popular belief however, does not counter Anivia. A smart Anivia does not retreat, but instead charges right at you and deal a much higher burst as thanks, and you just lost your lane.

3. Use long-range champions I recall a quote from Froggen, "I'd rather choke myself to death than play Anivia versus a Caitlyn". This quote is absolutely true. Anivia's power output is the highest when champions are close to her, and the longer range the enemy is, the harder it is for Anivia to use her stun, place walls, or even ultimate. ,, and  are perfect for this, which you can always harass Anivia safely from afar without issue.

4. Use champions that can push very early As the above wikian suggests, pick champs which has good early game pushing power. ,, and your  come into mind. Pre-6 Anivia has difficulties trying to farm with her pathetic autoattack and abilities with huge mana costs. Deny her farm by hard pushing the lane, eventually causing the lane to reset back to you, rinse and repeat until she's 6. Once she's 6, avoid fighting her and just play a farmfest lane.

Thing is, you've picked Cassiopeia vs Anivia. While Cassiopeia is a very powerful close-range mage, Anivia is also at her strongest when dealing with close-range champs.

I could suggest that, one, deny Anivia from getting her blue buff. That blue buff allows her roaming power, and you do not want a good Anivia to roam, then easily push back your lane no trouble. If she's out of blue, and if you continually push your lane, Anivia will run out of mana sooner or later, and she either has to recall and miss CS, or don't recall and have trouble trying to CS.

Avoid fighting Anivia in the jungle, unless your team is the aggressors. Anivia excels in the jungle where it's tight, and one single wall can divide your team, which can cost you the game. Cassiopeia excels in the brush, so take advantage of that.