Soraka vs Anivia Counter Pick

Anivia sits at 10 out of 10 on the difficulty scale, the top rating the game gives, yet much of that learning curve goes into mechanics that a healing support can simply wait out. Soraka wins the matchup 54.7% of the time across 128 games on patch 16.13.1, a small sample that still fits how the two kits play against each other.

• Rebirth turns Anivia into an egg when fatal damage lands, then brings her back at full health. That makes her difficult to finish, but it does nothing for her damage output.
• Glacial Storm stays in one place, and Frostbite only adds its bonus damage to targets already slowed by that storm or by Flash Frost.
• Crystallize locks movement for a brief moment. It helps cut off an escape, though it rarely finishes a kill on its own.

Soraka’s counter is Equinox, a zone that silences every enemy within it and roots anyone still standing inside when it fades, breaking up a combo that depends on two casts landing. Wish heals all allied champions at once, erasing chip damage that has piled up. The trade-off is that Astral Infusion draws from her own health pool. Soraka starts with 605 base health to 550 and reaches 117 armor at level 18 against 88.7, while the 600-range edge remains with the mage the whole way. Starcall restores her health whenever it hits an enemy champion, so the mage’s poke trades stop favouring her.