Anivia vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Anivia
based on 2,046 Anivia vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Anivia vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Anivia vs. Leona counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Anivia often has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Leona. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Anivia and Leona
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Who is Better, Anivia or Leona?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when trying to fight Leona, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a good counter to Leona.
While Anivia does have a higher winrate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Leonaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Leona matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Anivia is a decent counter for Leona. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia on average racks up much more CS compared to Leona. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Anivia versus Leona build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Leona than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Anivia boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Leona with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Leona as Anivia, Anivia players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Anivia vs Leona counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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