Champion Review: Anivia

[quote=B-Wong]Welcome to my personal Champion Review. I'm bored so I decided this was a pretty interesting idea. So basically me putting out my opinions on a champ that I have played (not played against, that really doesn't tell you about how they work too well) and afterwards you guys place your input and in the end, you give the champ a grade rating, I'll do mine then boom boom good times. Onto the review: Anivia is a very solid champion with great utility and a wonderful burst. Let's start with her passive: Rebirth Basically a free revive but you're rendered immobile for a few seconds (what feels like an hour) and if your teammates can defend you well you'll be back in the battle in no time. Good passive for those tower divers. Flash Frost Her form of CC. If you control yourself well, get a good position then it'll pass through the enemy doing damage then if you pop the spell again, the frost ball will explode doing an AoE stun and additional damage. Very very good move once used in a good position and timed well. Crystallize What makes the difference between a good Anivia and a bad one. Positioning and timing of this spell really changes the flow of team battles and escaping, too. It's a very versatile move all-around being able to help with ganks, run away, or just prolong minions from taking down a tower because it has an AWESOME range. Too bad free summoner spell champs (Shaco, EZ, etc.) get to pass through it but you're generally going to be throwing a FF along with the wall down when escaping. Frostbite The nuke. It is great for some early kills if you've harassed with auto attacks and then just going in leading with a FF then FB boom, usually you get a kill. Even if you don't, if you're dual laning, your teammate should generally shoot down the rest of their HP after this nuke + FF. Glacial Storm Another form of CC. It has a great slow but a pretty small radius. You have to toggle it off if you don't want your mana to die and during team fights, it's imperative you place it correctly and effectively. Does pretty good damage and clears out minion waves SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fast. Great for farming and overall utility. So I feel Anivia is a great champion with a huge damage output and teamwork potential. She's all about placement and timing and can really make or break a team fight. Leave your comment on how you think Anivia is, if she's OP, well-rounded, or absolute crap. As for me: A-[/quote]

[quote=xAnbu]Thanks for this interesting read. Im saving up my IP now for her and ive been wondering really hard if she was worth it or not.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong][quote=xAnbu] Thanks for this interesting read. Im saving up my IP now for her and ive been wondering really hard if she was worth it or not. [/quote] Thanks, I feel I've left out a few key parts of how Anivia generally plays but if you look at some builds then you should be well prepared to play her as best as you can.[/quote]

[quote=xAnbu]would you be willing to play a game against me using her? id kinda like to see her in action[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]i would say it would be better to be on his team but w/e i might do this for some champs that i like, but give it such a different name that you can't tell that im secretly ripping off b wongs idea.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong][quote=caucheka] i would say it would be better to be on his team but w/e i might do this for some champs that i like, but give it such a different name that you can't tell that im secretly ripping off b wongs idea. [/quote] Haha, "Campohin Rwivee:" It's magical code for "Rip off". Feel free to do it, I may not consistantly do this and I'm sure many other people have their own opinions, maybe we can get an archive of all the Champion Reviews by different peoples' perspectives and sticky it? Maybe, but probably only if we get enough people doing it. Also, I'm thinking of adding a recommended build/guide (guide being playstyle guide and build meaning items) to the stuff that's normally supposed to be there.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]no i was thinking more of "Caucheka's Super Awesome Play Guide" or something like that.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]so yeah b-wong im gonna go ahead and try this thing out. if you see something that you dont like mention why. this could be really helpful to everyone. I'll try to do the same to your reviewie-thingies, assuming i've played the character before. EDIT: the mods moved mine to theory crafting, as I thought these fit better over there. If you are going to do these again i would suggest doing so as well.[/quote]

[quote=hypershatter]anivia is rare as in not many people play her. as an experienced anivia player, i have made it my mission to convince many other players to try her out, know how good she is, and get better at her to enjoy the game :) i hope my guide helps you guys http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/updated-controlling-anivia-with-beginner-section-13978[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong][quote=hypershatter] anivia is rare as in not many people play her. as an experienced anivia player, i have made it my mission to convince many other players to try her out, know how good she is, and get better at her to enjoy the game :) i hope my guide helps you guys http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/updated-controlling-anivia-with-beginner-section-13978 [/quote] I've seen you're build before but not THIS in-depth! For any of you guys that wanna play Anivia well, this is probably the page to go to.[/quote]