Anivia vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Anivia
based on 5,445 Anivia vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Anivia vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Anivia in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some critical Anivia versus Caitlyn counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Anivia normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Anivia or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually fairs equally well when playing against Caitlyn, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Anivia does have a higher win rate compared to Caitlyn, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Caitlynas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Caitlyn matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Anivia is a decent counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Anivia versus Caitlyn build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Caitlyn as Anivia, Anivia players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Anivia vs Caitlyn clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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