How to win lane as Zed against Anivia · 52.23% win rate over 2,154 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zed | Anivia's immobility and mana costs let you poke her freely at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Zed | At 2 your slow-plus-Q trade beats her before she has combo mana. |
| Level 3 | Zed | Level 3 you out-trade her whenever her Flash Frost is on cooldown. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zed | Through 4-5 she stays mana-starved and immobile against your pressure. |
| Level 6 | Zed | At 6 your Death Mark plus ignite can burst through her egg for the kill. |
| First item | Zed | First-item lethality still out-damages her egg-and-heal timing. |
| Two+ items | Anivia | Late, her egg, Glacial Storm, and Zhonya's out-survive your combo, giving her the edge. |
Levels 1-2 are yours: Anivia is slow, immobile, and mana-hungry, so you step up and poke with Q while dodging her single stun.
The full Zed 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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