Vayne vs Anivia Counter Pick

Anivia takes this matchup. Vayne’s 40.5% win rate across 126 games on patch 16.13.1 is a small sample, but the mechanics agree with it. The Cryophoenix attacks from 600 units while the opponent reaches only 550, and uses that edge to deal magic damage to a target with 30 base magic resistance and 23 base armor.

Three things settle the outcome:

• Crystallize throws up an impassable wall that cuts off retreat, but it also gives Condemn ground to stun against. The tool works in both directions.
• Rebirth converts a completed kill into an egg at full health, so the burst window that Vayne commits everything to often goes to waste.
• Glacial Storm paired with Frostbite punishes a champion forced to stand still and attack, while Silver Bolts needs three consecutive hits before it delivers any damage.

On raw stats, Anivia is the more fragile body: 2,114 health and 88.7 armor at level 18 versus 2,301 and 101.2, moving at 325 to 330, with 51 base attack damage against 60. Her difficulty rating is 10, the highest on the scale, compared with 8. Both use Mana, yet only one relies on it for damage (basic attacks against four spells), so extended trades swing on mana efficiency more than on raw figures. Taking early magic resistance over a second attack-speed component changes the math, and Night Hunter‘s closing speed is the cleanest way out of a Glacial Storm before it builds up.