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

Anivia vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Anivia

based on 1,848 Anivia vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our data, Anivia engaged Katarina in 1848 matches. With so many games with Anivia versus Katarina gives us faith in our capacity to provide informative stats and a supported build to suppress your opponent. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Anivia encounters Katarina in only 3.4% of her matches.

Anivia vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Anivia has done a poor job of beating Katarina. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Anivia against Katarina rounds, Anivia’s side is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Anivia vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

StormsurgeLiandry's TormentMalignanceZhonya'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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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E
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Anivia vs Katarina Counter Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Katarina Image
5.5
< Kills >
9.5
5.2
< Deaths >
6.6
7.8
< Assists >
5.7
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
2.12
157
< Minions Killed >
158
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,440
< Physical Damage >
2,388
17,275
< Magic Damage >
23,091
1,171
< True Damage >
941
19,886
< Damage Dealt >
26,421
26,446
< Damage Taken >
24,810
11,230
< Gold Earned >
12,247
2.14
< Towers >
1.54
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,653
< Total Healing >
3,505
14,824
< Experience >
14,251
23
< Vision Score >
16
11
< Wards Placed >
8
939
< Time Dealing CC >
39

How to Counter Katarina with Anivia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Anivia vs. Katarina matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between these two champs. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Anivia typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Anivia and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Katarina

Who is Better, Anivia or Katarina?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Anivia usually loses when playing against Katarina, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Anivia makes a poor counter for Katarina.

While Anivia does have a lower winrate than Katarina, when facing one another, Anivia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Katarinaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Anivia is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Anivia

Anivia Loses Against

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol45.2% winrateFioraFiora46.1% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth46.2% winrateEliseElise46.6% winrate

Anivia Wins Against

LuluLulu58% winrateSivirSivir56.7% winrateZeriZeri56.7% winrateGangplankGangplank56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank+ 55% 1874 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.1% 7329 GamesRenata GlascRenata Glasc+ 55.2% 440 GamesNilahNilah+ 58% 860 Games

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Anivia, we analyzed 1,848 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 Katarina 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.

Other Useful Resources

Anivia Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Anivia to counter Katarina during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Anivia versus Katarina build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Katarina than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Katarina with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing Katarina as Anivia, you 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Anivia vs Katarina fights, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

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