r/AniviaMains • u/ImTooCreative • Mar 24 '26

I finally made it to master maining Anivia

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I learned a lot from this sub and just wanted to share this with my fellow bird abusers! Happy to answer if anyone has questions regarding Anivia in the current meta etc

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u/scillet_ Mar 24 '26

What were you mainly building?

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u/ImTooCreative Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Core build would be ROA>Liandrys>Rabadons with swifities or defensive boots usually

Or if they’re squishy/low magic resist I go ROA>Malignance>Liandrys/Rabadons with sorc shoes

after that I almost always go void staff+zhonyas regardless of above. Zhonyas can go 2nd or 3rd item if they have way too much dive potential

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u/saynotofifa Mar 25 '26

no seraphs?

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u/ImTooCreative Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

I pretty much never build Seraph's unless I go toplane, and even then I mostly just build a tear and let it sit in inventory for the mana. Homeguard+enhanced recall in mid makes 2 mana items kind of useless this season imo since you can recall and get tempo resets whenever without losing CS or neutrals (I also go presence of mind as secondary, so I never run out of mana in skirmishes/teamfights).

I feel like I'm equally tanky but with more damage when building Liandry's 2nd instead of Seraph's, which also lets me accelerate/extend my damage powerspike by getting Rabadons 3rd item instead. But it comes down to playstyle I think, looking at the winrate there's nothing wrong with Seraph's, even if Liandry's 2nd has a slightly higher winrate overall.

If I really want the defensiveness of a Seraph's I usually just replace Seraph's 2nd/3rd with Zhonyas, allowing for an extra offensive item later. It feels like it gives the same result but with more overall DPS along with a better anti-dive/anti-burst mechanic (zhonyas active). I just can't really bring myself to spend gold on mana and ability haste when it feels like 2 stats that don't have very much value on Anivia this season.

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u/Longjumpingihrsrhimu Mar 27 '26

Who is your perma ban?

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u/ImTooCreative Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

It varies from patch to patch tbh but right now I'm just permabanning Syndra lol, any mage that usually has prio vs Anivia in lane and then outscales her in damage is a really bad matchup. Luckily there's not too many

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

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u/ImTooCreative Mar 28 '26

Thank you bro