How to win lane as Cassiopeia against Anivia · 49.19% win rate (925 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She pokes in bursts, you damage in streams — close to Q range on her cooldowns and the DPS war is no contest.
Track: Anivia's Q — Flash Frost (Stun, 11–7s cooldown). The slow-moving stun starts every Anivia kill — sidestep it and her E never doubles.
Read from Cassiopeia's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Anivia.
This is Cassiopeia's own plan; across 925 pooled games the lane is leaning Anivia.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Flash Frost outranges your Noxious Blast 1075 to 850, so level 1 comes down to dodging it |
| Level 2 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia's damage lead compounds as Anivia has no way to catch back up in trades |
| Level 3 | Cassiopeia | Same dynamic continues — Cassiopeia's combo scaling outpaces Anivia's flat poke |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia's DPS threshold and item timing keep the lane lopsided into levels 4-6 |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Cassiopeia can DPS through Glacial Storm's zone rather than being deterred by it |
| First item | Even / skill | Cassiopeia's completed item lets her burst through Anivia's egg-form safety net |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Cassiopeia's sustained ranged damage clearly outscales Anivia's immobile poke kit late |
Cassiopeia dominates from level 1 — Anivia's only ranged tool before landing Flash Frost is auto-attacks, and once Frost whiffs (which it does often against Twin Fang's threat range forcing cautious positioning) you punish freely with Noxious Blast. Her egg form buys her one mistake, but you can time a second all-in to kill through it. Track Flash Frost is 11s at rank 1 and 7s at rank 5 — sidestep it and Frostbite never doubles.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Cassiopeia's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Cassiopeia vs Anivia 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 — Cassiopeia wins 49.19% of 925 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Anivia has a small statistical edge (50.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Anivia has the slight edge (Cassiopeia wins 49.19%), though it stays close.
Cassiopeia takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Transcendence) vs Anivia.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Tear of the Goddess + Dark Seal (≈800g). Build Seraph's Embrace first, then Liandry's Torment, with No boots — passive move speed (slot goes to Mercury's-substitute MR if needed).
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