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

Anivia vs Kassadin

How to Beat Kassadin as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kassadin as Anivia

based on 821 Anivia vs Kassadin matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.61
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our database, Anivia battled Kassadin 821 times. Using so many matchups for Anivia vs Kassadin provides us faith in our ability to provide enlightening statistics and a supported build to annihilate your opposition. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Anivia encounters Kassadin in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Anivia vs Kassadin Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Anivia does a below average job of beating Kassadin. On average, she wins a lowly 47.3% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Anivia against Kassadin matches, Anivia’s side is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Kassadin.

Best Anivia vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTear of the Goddess

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentRod of Ages

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMalignanceLuden's Companion

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
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Kassadin as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Kassadin

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 Kassadin

It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.

Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.

Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.

Anivia vs Kassadin Counter Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
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5.1
< Kills >
7.6
4.9
< Deaths >
5.2
7.7
< Assists >
5.7
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
164
< Minions Killed >
173
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,856
< Physical Damage >
1,925
17,559
< Magic Damage >
22,056
1,293
< True Damage >
570
20,709
< Damage Dealt >
24,552
26,621
< Damage Taken >
29,568
11,181
< Gold Earned >
12,115
2.13
< Towers >
1.75
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,831
< Total Healing >
6,325
15,007
< Experience >
15,590
22
< Vision Score >
16
11
< Wards Placed >
8
1,017
< Time Dealing CC >
188

How to Counter Kassadin with Anivia in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Anivia against Kassadin counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..

Anivia typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Anivia and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Kassadin

Who is Better, Anivia or Kassadin?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually loses when taking on Kassadin, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a bad counter to Kassadin.

While Anivia does have a lower winrate than Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Anivia into Kassadinas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Anivia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting 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 Kassadin matchups, Kassadin 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 garbage counter to Kassadin. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Kassadin.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia vs Kassadin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kassadin as Anivia, we analyzed 821 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 Kassadin 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Anivia to counter Kassadin 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Kassadin build include Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Kassadin than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Kassadin with this build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Kassadin 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 combinations players used for Anivia vs Kassadin face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.

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