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[SEASON 8] ArticunoGod's Bronze to Diamond Anivia Guide

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GJ for the guide. I just like it and it's really useful . :D GG

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Thanks! :)

I'm planning to expand on it even more in the coming months but unfortunately am bogged down with both college & work. GLHF in your games!

Runes have changed a bit, meta and winrates/pickrates changed a lot too. Will be waiting for articuno's update. To see if he still considers Kleptomancy the best possible choice for consistent early game.
Also, Articuno, even if you do still believe this, are there specific matchups where you think other runes would fair better?
I'm asking this because some matchups make it really dangerous to AA after abilities, exposing you to bad trades. Maybe some of this cases, with me at least, may be because of lack of skill, hard to compare, I'm just Gold III.

Hey! Love your guide! I am an Anivia main who climbed to gold with her, but am looking to get better. I just had a question on viability with new runes if you don't mind.

You have Celestial Body as your 3rd non-keystone rune. I feel like early game you want to be abusing your high damage potential as much as possible for an early lead. Would "Approach Velocity" be a viable replacement? MS on Anivia is hard to come by, plus this works well with your Celerety rune and is easy to proc with Q and R.

Or is the 100 health just that important to lane sustain with Klepto? I am gonna try this page out next game I play, I have been using Glacial Augment with some success, but Klepto intrigues me and I wish to try it out!

Hey Articuno, why do you recommend kleptomancy over something like arcane comet? Mana Sustian? You seem to get that from the new rune manaflow band too. Also do you think going down the domination path is viable for electrocute? The other runes don't seem to help anivia much, but electrocute op.

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It's certainly playstyle dependent. I think a more passive early game is a more consistent approach and so I find kleptomancy quite good for that. And you get your tear-roa a lot earlier this way.

I don't think domination is viable for just electrocute, but I can see an arcane comet page as viable for sure. Be sure to adapt to your playstyle as Anivia can be played in so many different ways.

So with a bit of testing, kleptomacy is better top lane, where you auto more, and comet is better mid. I also found that i need to change my combo for harass form qe auto to q auto e auto

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I disagree, at least partly, to your argument. Notice how Articuno in the guide points out the importance of AA harass (given OK matchup); if you follow this, you will find that klepto is indeed quite good. Certainly Q - AA - E for a likely klepto-proc.

Of course, how good the runes chosen are depend on the matchup.

Maybe I will try the comet approach too, but for now I like very much to play around with klepto - it makes for a fun minigame :D

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Oh **** klepto sounds OP for top! And yea I can see it being a good idea to swap out klepto for comet or even unsealed spellbook if you're facing a matchup where you're not going to easily get autos in.

And definitely Q, auto, E, auto is a very nice combo if you have time to pull it off (like if you have to walk forward to get into E range after a stun, in those situations you usually don't have time to auto before E).

I think the great thing about these runes is you can really create a page that fits your playstyle rather than necessarily going with the meta page for whichever matchup you're facing.

Also, When I go down inspiration, should I take footwear or stopwatch?
Thanks for consistently replying

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Haha sorry I never saw this comment! You really jinxed yourself with that statement xd. I like both footwear & stopwatch at the moment.

I asked the question BC at the time I ran inspiration secondary with stopwatch and futures market OR with boots and biscuits, depending on the machup. Now that they moved footwear to tier one I now take futures market plus boots.

Hello I really like your guide, but I have a question regarding your runes. with 9 scaling CDR blues you reach 15% CDR with no items and since there are no items that give 5% CDR, and we take Precision over intelligence, either we are going to overcap or be at 35% CDR. What do you think of taking 1 scaling CDR Quin and therfore reaching 20% CDR lvl 18 with no items? I mostly ask for min/maxing reason.

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35% CDR is perfectly OK, but on reflection I think it is more ideal to take intelligence in masteries. But of course, feel free to try out different setups and let me know how they work out for you. Thanks, I've updated the guide!

Hello again! per your notes on Meditation, I actually tested it out between the time of my question and your answer, not only on Anivia, but also on other champs, and Meditation actually feels very nice to use (I usually take 4 points in DG and 1 in Meditation now, or 3/2 for more mana reliant champions). Another question, what do you think about taking W again at level 8? I've done that for a while, as the increased width on the W is very useful, with the W able to block off some jungle corridors at rank 2.
Thanks again!

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Hey! Sorry for the late response. I as a habit take wall level 4, I feel safer with it and it makes early ganks more successful. As for taking a second W level 8, I don't see that as more advantageous than a point in Q which gives longer stun / more damage.

Also, with your wall you don't necessarily want to block an entire corridor in case the enemy has flash or some other bs that puts them over it. If you leave a little room to walk through you (and your team) can pass through in those cases.

Of course there's no one perfect way to play a champion and if it's consistently working well for you, go for it. Hope this helps!

Can you add Yasuo to the matchup section? I have been playing against a lot of Yasuo's mid recently and I find that I am having a hard time dealing with them due to his windwall, dash, knockup etc.

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It's on my todo list. But right now I'm more concerned with being selfish and trying to climbing the ladder while keeping on top of my school work so I haven't been checking / updating this guide much recently.

All I can say is I usually play somewhat reactive pre-6 auto attacking him when it's safe to do so. Sometimes it's possible to get a stun on them before level 3. Watch out for the steel tempest charges, a yasuo can E through the minions to get to you and set up a gank really easily with the knock-up.

After level six you still have to watch out for steel tempest and his gap-closing but still try to get E-R's off. Don't reflexively cancel the R though because Anivia's ultimate is super strong against melees especially if you place it near yourself and can kite around/within it.

Don't quote me on this, because I'm not the one who made the guide.
But, in my opinion, in anivia v yasuo, just try to avoid getting all-inned early. Save your q when you can guaranteed land it, otherwise he can use his e to dodge it/wind wall it. Try to bait out his wind wall with auto attacks if possible. Also, if possible, try to set up a freeze just outside of your turret so that if he attempts to get cs, you may be able to punish him by walling him into turret range. Your wall also does 1 true damage if it displaces anyone, so you can also use your wall to pop his passive if you need to (don't spam it tho, it's a waste of mana). Post 6, r+e constantly and he will get destroyed. His wind wall's on a long cooldown, abuse that. Also, if he's frequently immediately wind walling after you ult, you can opt to bait out his wind wall, then do the combo again in a few seconds.

All in all, just save your q for when he goes in on you. In pre-6, play relatively passive lane and try to set up a freeze if possible, auto-attacking him when you can do so safely. In post-6, use r+e to gradually force him out of lane; 2 or 3 combos is usually enough, around 4 if he buys an early hexdrinker or mercury treads. Don't waste mana and pick up blue buff when you can (push out the wave before doing so though, so you don't miss out on exp).

As for yasuo's knockup, respect the range of his e (think tf gold card range). If you have good enough ping and reactions, however, you can also cancel his e by displacing him as he's dashing with the wall. Otherwise, if he gets close enough, walk toward him, since he'll probably do the spin knockup. Yasuo's e is a set distance, so if you walk toward him as he's dashing, it is possible to avoid the knockup. The tornado should be easy to dodge imo, maybe practice dodging them in customs with a friend or something if you're struggling to dodge it.

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