How to win lane as Anivia against Cassiopeia · 50.81% win rate (925 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A wave-clear war you eventually win — survive her range early, then R erases waves while your stun threatens her face.
Track: Cassiopeia's W — Miasma (24–16s cooldown). Grounds you — dashes and leaps are disabled inside it.
Read from Anivia's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Cassiopeia.
This is Anivia's own plan; across 925 pooled games the lane is leaning Anivia.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Cassiopeia: mobility and poison poke overwhelm Anivia's clunky, easily-dodged level-1 kit. |
| Level 2 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia: continued kiting and Twin Fang resets outpace Anivia's answer options pre-6. |
| Level 3 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia: poison stacking and speed keep punishing Anivia's lack of escape or poke accuracy. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia: Petrifying Gaze stuns you if you face her, and the combo behind it still threatens a kill. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Anivia: Glacial Storm zone control finally punishes Cassiopeia's need to stay in melee/poison range. |
| First item | Even / skill | Anivia: egg safety net lets Anivia commit to trades that would otherwise be too risky. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Anivia: with no dash in her kit, Cassiopeia cannot cross Crystallize to reach Twin Fang range. |
Cassiopeia's poison poke and bonus movement speed from Noxious Blast let her weave in and out of range far better than your clunky, slow-arcing Q, so levels 1-2 are rough — she can harass with near impunity while you're stuck warding and farming safely. Any Q you throw gets easily avoided by her serpentine kiting. Play from max range, hold W for when she tries to gap-close, and don't trade into poison stacks since her Twin Fang resets punish it hard.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Anivia's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Anivia vs Cassiopeia report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Anivia, slightly — a 50.81% win rate edge over 925 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Anivia has a small statistical edge (50.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Anivia has a slight edge (50.81% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Anivia takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Cassiopeia.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts her sustain. Build Rod of Ages / Seraph's first, then Archangel's Staff, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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