Anivia vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Anivia
based on 2,112 Anivia vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Anivia vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Anivia versus Blitzcrank counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Anivia often has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Anivia or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually loses when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a bad counter for Blitzcrank.
While Anivia does have a lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Blitzcrankas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Anivia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This 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 Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Anivia is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Anivia against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the early game 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 displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia often accumulates much more CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Anivia versus Blitzcrank build include Malignance, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Blitzcrank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Blitzcrank as Anivia, Anivia players 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 sets players used for Anivia vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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