If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
The stats shown on this page show several influential Draven vs. Anivia counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Anivia. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Draven often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Anivia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually loses when playing against Anivia, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes a bad counter for Anivia.
While Draven does have a lower win rate compared to Anivia, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Draven into Aniviaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Draven is a trash counter for Anivia. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Anivia.
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Anivia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Anivia. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Draven versus Anivia build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Anivia than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 47.6% battling Anivia with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Anivia as Draven, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Draven vs Anivia counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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