Mage / Battlemage
Beginner Rule
Don't chase Anivia through Glacial Storm (R) — her large ice storm ability — as it deals heavy damage over time.
Anivia is a control mage who dominates fights by controlling where enemies can move. She wants to trap opponents with Crystallize (W) — her ice wall ability — while dealing damage through Glacial Storm (R). Many beginners lose by chasing Anivia through her ultimate or forgetting about her rebirth passive.
Level 6 – Ultimate gives waveclear and zone control.
First Item – Damage becomes much more consistent.
Two Items – Teamfight threat increases significantly.
Stun setups
Wall traps
Objective control
Passive egg revival
QWhat it does
Fires a slow ice sphere that chills enemies on the way. Explodes for bonus damage and stuns on manual detonation or at max range.
How to play against
The sphere moves slowly — sidestep it. Getting chilled sets up her E double-damage. After being chilled, immediately back away.
WWhat it does
Instantly creates an impassable wall of ice that blocks all movement for a short duration.
How to play against
She walls to cut off retreats. Never stand where a wall between you and safety could appear. It's often used reactively when you try to run.
EWhat it does
Fires a freezing gust. Deals double damage to enemies recently hit by Q or inside her R storm.
How to play against
This is how she one-shots you — Q chill into E double damage. If you're chilled, back away from E range immediately.
RWhat it does
Summons a stationary storm of ice and hail damaging and slowing enemies inside.
How to play against
Walk out of the storm zone — it's stationary. Inside it her E deals double damage. Never stay inside her R.
Q → E
Core burst combo.
R → Q → E
Standard trading pattern.
Wall → Q → E
Forces difficult positioning.
Rebirth: when she takes fatal damage she reverts to an egg and can be reborn at full health. Don't leave her at low HP without enough burst to kill the egg — she'll regen back to full.
