Anivia ARAM Build and Guide

Updated for patch 26.22. Ability details come from Riot’s official game data for this patch; ARAM balance numbers come from the League of Legends Wiki’s champion data.

An Anivia ARAM build is a battle-mage path built around Glacial Storm: Liandry’s Torment and Rylai’s Crystal Scepter turn the storm into a burning, slowing zone the enemy can’t walk through. The Howling Abyss gives her 105% damage dealt and leaves damage taken at 100%.

The build comes from her patch 26.22 kit, item by item. Win-rate charts weren’t part of it.

How is Anivia changed in ARAM?

A small damage buff, and honestly, a well-aimed one for a champion who deals damage in ticks. Anivia deals 105% damage, while damage taken stays at 100%, unchanged. Her damage comes mostly from Glacial Storm ticking over and over, so a few extra percent adds up across a long fight (and ARAM fights tend to be long). No healing or haste lines are listed for her.

Why does Anivia fit the Howling Abyss?

A narrow lane is where walls and storms matter most. Riot’s patch 26.22 data:

• Rebirth (passive): fatal damage turns her into an egg, and she’s reborn with full Health if it survives.
• Flash Frost (Q): an ice sphere that chills and damages along its path, then explodes to damage and stun everyone in the area. Cooldown 11/10/9/8/7.
• Crystallize (W): a wall of ice that blocks all movement until it melts. Cooldown 17.
• Frostbite (E): a targeted gust, double damage on targets recently hit by Flash Frost or a fully formed Glacial Storm. Cooldown 4.
• Glacial Storm (R): a storm that damages and slows enemies inside it. Cooldown 4/3/2.

Crystallize is a lane-splitter here. The Howling Abyss is narrow enough that a single wall can cut it in two, separating the enemy frontline from their backline or trapping a diver on Anivia’s side. Glacial Storm slows everyone inside it, and with enemies crowded into one lane, it covers a lot of them at once. Flash Frost’s explosion stuns everyone in the area, not just one target. The weak spot? Assassins who blink over the wall, and a lack of any dash for Anivia herself.

What should an Anivia ARAM build focus on?

Ability Power with items that trigger on damaging abilities, since Glacial Storm damages repeatedly. Four items and boots.

Liandry’s Torment first. Torment burns enemies for 2% of their maximum Health as magic damage each second for 3 seconds whenever an ability damages them, and Suffering adds up to 6% bonus damage the longer she’s in combat with champions. Glacial Storm keeps both active the whole fight. It also gives 60 Ability Power and 300 Health, useful for a mage who stays in range of the action.

Rylai’s Crystal Scepter is second. Rimefrost slows enemies by 30% for 1 second whenever her abilities damage them, stacking with Glacial Storm’s own slow. Escaping the storm becomes a slow crawl. The 400 Health helps too, since she has to stand near the storm she’s casting (and near the people inside it).

Zhonya’s Hourglass is third. Time Stop puts her in Stasis for 2.5 seconds, which is her answer to the assassins who blink over the wall, and Glacial Storm keeps going while she waits. Its Armor (a lot of it) is aimed squarely at those assassins.

Void Staff finishes with 95 Ability Power and 40% Magic Penetration, important against ARAM tanks who stack Magic Resist late. Boots: Sorcerer’s Shoes for 12 Magic Penetration.

How do you play Anivia on the Howling Abyss?

• Wall off the backline. Crystallize blocks all movement, and in a narrow lane one wall can split the enemy team.
• Keep Glacial Storm on the enemy frontline. It damages and slows everyone inside, and fully formed it doubles Frostbite damage.
• Aim Flash Frost at a group. The explosion stuns everyone in the area, then Frostbite deals double damage to them.
• Stand behind your team. Rebirth gives her a second chance, but an egg in front of five enemies rarely survives.
• Hold Zhonya’s for assassins. Stasis buys time while the storm keeps working.

How do shopping and Mark work for Anivia?

The Howling Abyss has no recall. You buy at the fountain at the start and after each death, so Liandry’s components come first, as the burn helps from the first finished item. Health relics on the lane are worth picking up, since she has no healing.

Your two summoner spells are locked once the game loads. Mark throws a snowball and offers a dash to whoever it hits. Should a control mage dash forward? Rarely, put simply. Real talk, Flash is far more useful for escaping assassins, and Anivia without Flash relies entirely on the egg.

Is Anivia good in ARAM?

Yes. With 105% damage dealt and 100% damage taken, she plays a slightly stronger version of her normal kit, and Crystallize and Glacial Storm are both better in a narrow lane. To be fair, blink assassins can still reach her, which is why Zhonya’s sits in the core.

The mid laners who beat her on the Rift are listed in the Anivia counters guide. Our guide to LoL roles explains what control mages do in mid, the LoL items database has full stats for each item above, and the Anivia skins page collects her cosmetics.

Long story short, the Anivia ARAM build is Liandry’s Torment, Rylai’s Crystal Scepter, Zhonya’s Hourglass and Void Staff, and the plan is a storm on their frontline and a wall between them and their backline.

FAQ

Is Anivia buffed in ARAM?

Slightly: damage dealt goes to 105%, and damage taken stays at 100% (Wiki data, patch 26.22).

What items does the Anivia ARAM build use?

Liandry’s Torment, Rylai’s Crystal Scepter, Zhonya’s Hourglass and Void Staff, with Sorcerer’s Shoes.

Why build Liandry’s Torment on Anivia?

Torment burns enemies whenever her abilities damage them, and Glacial Storm damages repeatedly, so the burn stays active for the entire fight.

How should Anivia use her wall on the Howling Abyss?

Crystallize blocks all movement, and the Howling Abyss is narrow, so one wall can separate the enemy frontline from their backline or trap a diver.

How was this build chosen?

Glacial Storm’s repeated damage, as described in patch 26.22, made the choice of on-ability items easy. No win-rate data was used.