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How to Win Anivia vs Gwen Counter MatchupAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia vs Gwen

How to Beat Gwen as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Gwen as Anivia

based on 1,151 Anivia vs Gwen matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Gwen as Anivia resulted from an analysis of 1151 ranked matches where both champs engaged one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Anivia is forced to battle against Gwen in only 2.1% of her rounds.

Anivia vs Gwen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Anivia does a below average job of beating Gwen. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.9% of matches the champs face each other in. In Anivia against Gwen games, Anivia’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Gwen.

Best Anivia vs Gwen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionZaz'Zak's RealmspikeRod of AgesZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Anivia to level upe
>
Second ability for Anivia to level upq
>
Last skill for Anivia to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
E
4
W
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Gwen as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Gwen

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 Gwen

Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.

Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.

Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.

Anivia vs Gwen Counter Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Gwen Image
5.3
< Kills >
6.3
4.9
< Deaths >
5.8
7.6
< Assists >
4.6
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
158
< Minions Killed >
161
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.65
1,213
< Physical Damage >
3,221
16,723
< Magic Damage >
16,657
1,121
< True Damage >
3,942
19,058
< Damage Dealt >
23,821
26,079
< Damage Taken >
30,254
11,051
< Gold Earned >
12,215
2.04
< Towers >
2.81
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
3,749
< Total Healing >
8,249
14,792
< Experience >
15,078
22
< Vision Score >
18
11
< Wards Placed >
8
974
< Time Dealing CC >
153

How to Counter Gwen with Anivia in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Anivia versus Gwen matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..

Anivia usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Anivia and Gwen

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Gwen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Gwen

Who is Better, Anivia or Gwen?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually loses when facing off against Gwen, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a bad counter for Gwen.

While Anivia does have a lower win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Anivia into Gwenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Anivia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Anivia is a trash counter for Gwen. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Anivia against Gwen.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia vs Gwen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gwen as Anivia, we analyzed 1,151 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Gwen as Anivia comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia in order to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to use in your Anivia versus Gwen build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Anivia included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Gwen than with many other common builds. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Gwen with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Gwen as Anivia, Anivia players should take 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 builds players chose for Anivia vs Gwen battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.

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