How to win lane as Karma against Anivia · 45.56% win rate (2,186 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
You own the first ten minutes against scalers — RQ the lane into submission before her items vote.
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 Karma's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Anivia.
This is Karma's own plan; across 2,186 pooled games the lane is leaning Anivia.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Level 1 you dominate — Anivia's kit does nothing to punish your poke and her egg makes all-ins pointless anyway for you but the trade math still favors your damage. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Level 2 continues in your favor as she's still short-range and vulnerable to Mantra-empowered pokes. |
| Level 3 | Karma | Level 3 you're still ahead, denying her farm and health before her scaling kicks in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karma | Levels 4-5 stay yours — no Glacial Storm yet, and Crystallize is 17s and 70 mana. |
| Level 6 | Anivia | At 6 Glacial Storm doubles Frostbite and zones the wave — your poke stops paying. |
| First item | Anivia | With her first item the wall-stun-Frostbite chain kills you from full, and Frostbite is only a 4s cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Anivia | Late game she continues to dominate through waveclear and one-shot combos your enchanter toolkit can't out-scale. |
Levels 1-2 you clearly win — Anivia is slow, has no wall yet, and her egg passive doesn't stop you from denying CS and chipping her with Mantra Q whenever she pushes up. Track Flash Frost (Q): 11s at rank 1, 7s at rank 5 and 80 mana — sidestep it and Frostbite never doubles. Rebirth means a kill costs you two health bars, so trade for tempo instead: Mantra-Q chip and CS denial while Flash Frost sits on 11s and she cannot walk you down.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Karma's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Karma 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 — Karma wins 45.56% of 2,186 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Anivia has a small statistical edge (54.44% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Anivia has the slight edge (Karma wins 45.56%), though it stays close.
Karma takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Anivia.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — the spam war funds itself. Build Blackfire Torch first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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