User blog comment:Neo-Mitsu/Best Pick/Favorite Champion?/@comment-25545696-20150130050601

Anivia definetely. I mean, how can you not love this silly, loveable, beautiful bird?

I love to play her mid lane, start the game with a lot of AP, and some spell penetration.I usually play dumb, like "oh, i'm gonna use my E on you now. Oops, i forgot to use my Q first!" so people will just think to themselves: "meh, what can this little lost egg do anyway?"than, when they are at half their hp, or when i think they are low enought for me to burst, i just go out of position, get hit once or twice untill im sure i can land my Q and hit them twice, and finish with a critical E. there goes some good 500~600 damage at level 3 or 4.Sure, farming pre 6 with her is a real pain, and you have to get used to it. so instead of doing that, why not just bully your enemy so you can get to level 6 before him? I dont usually play ranked games, last time i tried some i ended up gold III, but fell back to silver IV due to inactivity. Now on the newest season i played some duo games with a friend of mine, he always heard i was pretty good at playing Anivia, but never did see me doing it. I got FB, against a Fizz, than started roaming a little bit at around level 8, it is pretty funny how many people underestimate her, a fed tryndamere came to "dish me" and ended up not even using his ultimate because he was so surprised. My two Anivia matches were great, 12/0 on one, and 9/1 on the other. My friend, was playing vayne, doing pretty good, and told me "Man, im so fed. Look at my score! (6/2)" not many seconds later he was like "Whoa, when did you even get to 11/0?" In the end, he did get to platinum V. I like most when im playing against assassins that counter her, such as katarina, akali or fizz.. They jump right next to me, thinking that i would just flash away or panic, but i always start building my Rod of Imnotdying right after i get my tear of the goddess, especially when playing against my "counters". Their reaction to my counter attack is always delightful to watch, even more when they try to dive you. Right next to you, they are a perfect target for double-hitting your Q, than double damage E. Plus, you can always block their path, or disrupt channeling spells (such as teleport) with your wall.

When we're losing, i like to just keep guarding towers, i can easily hold against 3 or 4 enemies at once, because my ultimate is so good to kill those minions, and f ou keep a good distance, there is nothing they can do about that.

As an item guide to those who want to try this, i always, always start with a doran ring, a health and a mana potion, as soon as i reach level 6, or get my first kill, i go back and buy my tear of the goddess, that will help me keep my mana at good levels (be careful tho, Anivia will eat that mana in an instant if you try to poke the enemy caressly, she is probably the most mana hungry champion around). The new mana capacity will let you bully your lane oponent on every possibility with R+E. Dont use your Q unless you're certain you can kill, even if they flash. If the enemy jungler show up, just do the same against him, if he persists, use your Q, and your E again if you can finish him. If not, just keep farming effortlessly with your ultimate and basic attacks.

Bro tips:

Never, ever use your Q to poke if you have less than 70% of your mana (late game this is not valid).

Never, ever use your E without hitting your Q or R before, your E shouldn't even be considered a skill if you did not hit one of the others before. Of course, if your enemy has just enough health for you to kill him, and everything else is on cooldown, or you have no mana. just do it. I cannot count how many times i tried killing with regular E when i was just a chick and couldn't even fly properly, and didn't get the kill because of shield/heal, and sometimes they barely live, and get away with 15 HP left.

Dont go all in, unless you are absolutely sure you will stun the target AND kill him, all that in under 3 seconds. (again, late game this is not valid, as long as you use the same build as i do)

For my item build, i usually go:

tear of goddess > Rod of Ages > Archangel's Embrace > Rabadon's Deathcap  > Thornmail (yes) > whatever is better in that situation, usually void staff or liandry's torment > Again, another situation item, Guardian angel, or hourglass if you're into that, but i do not reccoment zhonya's for Anivia.

Runes and masteries sum up 36 flat AP at level 1, 8 magical penetration and some MR. 50 Ap level 1 with doran's ring