Anivia
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Good (7/10)
High Investment Required
Rare Relics OK
Anivia is a powerful late-game control champion who scales immensely once Enlightened, but her slow early game and reliance on specific constellation upgrades require careful navigation.
The Cryophoenix Engine
When you play a spell, if you have 6+ mana gems, copy it with the same targets.
Start adventures with +1 Revive. Last Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
Challenger, Tough, and Overwhelm
Strategy
Guardian Angel interacts uniquely with Anivia's Egg form, allowing multiple copies of the champion to exist simultaneously. Full Build provides Challenger, enabling intentional trades to trigger this revival mechanic, while Overwhelm ensures that the double damage from her six-star power pushes through to the enemy Nexus.
Chemtech Duplicator accelerates her late-game scaling by copying elemental spells for rapid mana generation and massive healing.
The Immortal Cryophoenix
Zoe Specialized
- Start adventures with +1 Revive. Last Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
Evolve. When ANY unit dies, grant me its keywords.- When you play a spell, if you have 6+ mana gems, copy it with the same targets.
Strategy
Designed for high-difficulty encounters like the 10-star Zoe adventure without requiring epic relics. Guardian Angel allows Anivia to be used as a free blocker; when she dies, she revives as an egg while spawning an additional copy, rapidly multiplying her board presence.
Voidborne Carapace capitalizes on this by stealing powerful keywords like Lifesteal or Deathless from fallen enemies. Chemtech Duplicator serves as the primary engine, duplicating elemental spells like Wings of the Cryophoenix for massive board clears and healing.
Accessible Control
- When you play a spell, if you have 6+ mana gems, copy it with the same targets.
- Start adventures with +1 Revive. Last Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
All of your spells and skills deal 1 extra damage.
Strategy
Utilizing only rare relics, this build focuses on survival and spell amplification. Luden's Tempest increases the damage of her skills and spells, which scales effectively when Guardian Angel creates multiple Anivias on the board.
Chemtech Duplicator remains the core engine for doubling spell effects and accelerating mana ramp.
Other Relic Options
Game Start: If I'm in deck or hand, summon a Stormcarved Spire with Countdown 4: Summon me.
Game Start: Create 7 copies of me in deck. Champion Spells cost 1 less.
Power: Allies have Overwhelm, and if they have a subtype, +1|+1.
Tough. Play: Frostbite the strongest enemy. If I'm Anivia, Frostbite ALL enemies instead.
Power: Your elemental spells and Skills deal 2 extra damage.
As stated in the text of the relic, Frozen Tomb creates a non-ephemeral copy of Anivia, providing excellent early-game defense and ensuring she safely hits the board to begin her duplication strategy. Echoing Spirit is excellent for duplicating her champion spell, Harsh Winds, providing consistent defensive options. The Beast Within provides Overwhelm and stats, crucial for pushing damage through blockers. Players disagree about Frost Breath. Some consider its on-play frostbite useful for immediate safety. While others find it too slow and counterproductive since the Tough keyword prevents her from dying and triggering her egg form. Icon of Valhir provides a consistent damage boost to her area-of-effect abilities, though it lacks utility in the early game.
Constellation
Anivia is a control champion who requires significant mana acceleration to reach her Enlightened state. Her early game is highly vulnerable due to a lack of cheap elemental spells in her base deck, making her reliant on drafting low-cost elemental options to survive the initial turns.
Winter's Boon
When you play an Elemental spell or Skill, gain a temporary mana gem next round.Review
This power establishes Anivia's core ramp engine, allowing her to accelerate towards her Enlightened state by playing Elemental spells and skills.
Glacial Overflow
+1 Starting Mana. If you're Enlightened, when you'd gain a mana gem, grant allies +1|+1 instead.Review
Provides infinite scaling in the late game. Once Enlightened, continued mana generation translates directly into board-wide stat buffs.
Winter's Boon II
When you play an Elemental spell or Skill, gain an empty mana gem.Review
A massive power spike that adds a stat buff to her mana generation. This is essential for keeping her units resilient while ramping.
Endurance
When an ally survives damage, grant it +1|+1.Review
Players disagree about this upgrade. Some consider the stat boost from surviving damage to be underwhelming and counter-synergistic with her revival strategy. While others find it useful for mitigating the impact of Freljord's self-damaging area-of-effect spells.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
An essential upgrade that significantly smooths out her notoriously slow early game, allowing her to deploy defenses or ramp much sooner.
Crystallize
When enemies attack, Frostbite the strongest attacker. Enemies with 0 power take double damage.Review
A phenomenal defensive and offensive tool. Frostbiting the strongest attacker neutralizes major threats, while the double damage against zero-power units creates devastating lethal setups when combined with the Overwhelm keyword.
Gameplay Tips
- Mastering the Early Game
Anivia's high cost makes her vulnerable during the first few turns. A standard opening involves passing on turn one to bank spell mana, allowing for a defensive spell like Harsh Winds on turn two.
- Strategic Sacrifices
Do not hesitate to attack or block with Anivia. If equipped with revival relics, her death is beneficial, as it triggers her egg form and summons an additional copy of the champion, rapidly expanding board presence.
- Drafting Priorities
Prioritize drafting low-cost elemental spells and skills at shops and reward nodes. These are essential for triggering her mana acceleration powers and reaching the Enlightened state as quickly as possible. Landmark removal is also highly valuable for maintaining board control.
- Maximizing Double Damage
To fully capitalize on her six-star power, ensure Anivia or her allies have the Overwhelm keyword. Striking a zero-power frostbitten unit deals double damage, and Overwhelm forces all excess damage directly into the enemy Nexus.