Gwen vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Gwen
based on 1,151 Gwen vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Anivia
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Win Against Anivia
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.
Gwen vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Gwen vs. Anivia counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Anivia..
Gwen typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Anivia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Anivia
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Who is Better, Gwen or Anivia?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually wins when playing against Anivia, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a good counter to Anivia.
While Gwen does have a higher win rate compared to Anivia, when facing one another, Gwen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gwen into Anivia.
Moreover, Gwen has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Anivia matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a good counter to Anivia. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen in order to counter Anivia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Anivia. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Gwen versus Anivia build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Anivia than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 52.1% when playing against Anivia with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Anivia as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gwen vs Anivia matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.1% winrate overall.
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