Anivia vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Anivia
based on 2,962 Anivia vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Akali
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Anivia vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Anivia in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Anivia vs. Akali counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Anivia typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Akali
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Who is Better, Anivia or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a good counter to Akali.
While Anivia does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Anivia into Akalias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Anivia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Akali matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Anivia is an above average counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Akali build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Anivia boasted an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Akali as Anivia, Anivia players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Anivia vs Akali clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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