Ryze vs Anivia — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Ryze against Anivia · 47.71% win rate over 1,377 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Ryze owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Anivia's 2, but the win rate still favours Anivia: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Ryze wins 47.71% of games vs Anivia in mid lane (1,377 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1AniviaLevel 1 Anivia's Flash Frost stun outranges and out-threatens your short Q.
Level 2Even / skillAt level 2 it evens as your W root threat balances her stun setup.
Level 3RyzeBy level 3 dodging Flash Frost lets your W Rune Prison combo kill her.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 stay skill-based around her Q cooldown versus your root punishes.
Level 6AniviaLevel 6 Glacial Storm and Rebirth egg let Anivia zone your farm and survive dives.
First itemRyzeFirst item health and sustain let you push through her zone and force the egg.
Two+ itemsRyzeTwo-plus items your Q DPS out-races her mana-gated control and R enables the dive.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 favours Anivia — her Flash Frost stun outranges your Q and threatens a Frostbite follow-up, so hold your position, last-hit carefully, and never walk up while her Q is available.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Ryze 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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