Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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 highlight some critical Kayn versus Anivia counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Anivia..
Kayn normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Anivia. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when playing against Anivia, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes an ok counter to Anivia.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate compared to Anivia, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Aniviaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Anivia. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Anivia.
If you would like to truly master Kayn in order to counter Anivia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Anivia. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Anivia build consist of Edge of Night, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Anivia than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Anivia with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Anivia as Kayn, Kayn players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kayn vs Anivia counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Anivia as Kayn are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.