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How to Win Anivia vs Viktor Counter MatchupAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia vs Viktor

How to Beat Viktor as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Viktor as Anivia

based on 872 Anivia vs Viktor matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Anivia battled Viktor in 872 rounds. Including so many matchups for Anivia vs Viktor provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare actionable stats and a recommended build to suppress Viktor. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Anivia is forced to battle against Viktor in only 1.6% of her matches.

Anivia vs Viktor Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Anivia does a dismal job of countering Viktor. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.1% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Anivia vs Viktor matches, Anivia’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood versus Viktor.

Best Anivia vs Viktor Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSapphire Crystal

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceRod of Ages

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Anivia to level upe
>
Second ability for Anivia to level upq
>
Last skill for Anivia to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
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W
4
E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Viktor

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 Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.

Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Anivia vs Viktor Counter Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Viktor Image
5.3
< Kills >
6
4.8
< Deaths >
5.7
7.3
< Assists >
6.9
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
167
< Minions Killed >
187
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,020
< Physical Damage >
663
17,009
< Magic Damage >
26,578
1,078
< True Damage >
714
19,109
< Damage Dealt >
27,956
27,593
< Damage Taken >
18,556
11,270
< Gold Earned >
12,026
1.95
< Towers >
1.94
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,240
< Total Healing >
1,631
15,210
< Experience >
14,985
23
< Vision Score >
19
11
< Wards Placed >
10
1,013
< Time Dealing CC >
276

How to Counter Viktor with Anivia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Anivia against Viktor matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..

Anivia usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Viktor. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Anivia and Viktor

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Viktor
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Viktor

Who is Better, Anivia or Viktor?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually loses when taking on Viktor, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a bad counter to Viktor.

While Anivia does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Viktoras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Anivia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Anivia is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Anivia against Viktor.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia vs Viktor Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viktor as Anivia, we analyzed 872 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Viktor as Anivia comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia to counter Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Anivia versus Viktor build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when playing against Viktor with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Viktor as Anivia, you should equip 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 combinations players used for Anivia vs Viktor fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.

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