# Anivia Counters Who counters Anivia? Best and worst picks against Anivia by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Anivia in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) ## Page Content [Anivia guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) [Play against Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/how-to-play-against/) [Anivia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/counters/) Best and worst picks against Anivia in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Hwei, Fizz and Naafiri beat Anivia most often. Mel, Zed and Malzahar win the laning phase against Anivia by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Anivia Highest win rate versus Anivia in Mid. - 1 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 237 games 55.7% - 2 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 307 games 55.0% - 3 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 140 games 55.0% - 4 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 579 games 54.8% - 5 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 125 games 53.6% - 6 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 181 games 53.6% - 7 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 420 games 53.3% - 8 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 269 games 52.4% - 9 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 314 games 52.2% - 10 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 525 games 52.2% - 11 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 144 games 52.1% - 12 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 374 games 51.9% - 13 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 435 games 51.7% - 14 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 360 games 51.7% - 15 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 315 games 51.1% ## Worst picks against Anivia Lowest win rate versus Anivia in Mid. - 1 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 111 games 39.6% - 2 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 134 games 40.3% - 3 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 240 games 41.7% - 4 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 153 games 41.8% - 5 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 142 games 45.8% - 6 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 389 games 46.0% - 7 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 309 games 46.6% - 8 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 214 games 46.7% - 9 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 173 games 46.8% - 10 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 106 games 47.2% - 11 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 143 games 47.5% - 12 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 102 games 48.0% - 13 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 287 games 48.4% - 14 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 165 games 48.5% - 15 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 402 games 48.5% ## Best lane counters vs Anivia Largest gold lead over Anivia at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 145 games +600 - 2 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 178 games +488 - 3 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 232 games +435 - 4 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 114 games +380 - 5 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 138 games +377 - 6 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 236 games +355 - 7 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 129 games +354 - 8 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 124 games +180 - 9 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 218 games +142 - 10 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 166 games +126 - 11 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 170 games +71 ## How to play against Anivia Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Push early waves when she spends Q on minions, then harass last hits before her wave clear stabilizes. - Delay solo all-ins after triggering passive; leave her low and bring help so cooldowns finish the kill. - Enter river from wider angles and avoid stacked choke points where W and R can trap your team. - Force her to answer side waves before objectives; she moves slowly and hates arriving after vision is lost. - Spread before sieges so one Q or W cannot trap multiple carries. ## Where Anivia is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Anivia needs established ground to control space; forced movement through open areas weakens her wall and storm zones. - Her immobility makes flank pressure dangerous because her second-life pattern delays death but does not reposition her. ## Anivia counters: questions ### Who counters Anivia in Mid? At Gold+, Hwei (55.7%), Fizz (55.0%) and Naafiri (55.0%) have the highest win rates against Anivia. ### Who does Anivia counter? Anivia wins most often against Azir (39.6%), Akshan (40.3%) and Sylas (41.7%). ### Who wins lane against Anivia? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Mel (+600), Zed (+488) and Malzahar (+435) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Anivia. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) - [Zed counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)