Anivia vs Nasus
Favorable matchup
Build vs Nasus
Build adapted to this matchup
Recommended items for Anivia: Tear of the Goddess, Rod of Ages, Seraph's Embrace, Boots of Swiftness, Liandry's Torment, Malignance, Oblivion Orb, Zhonya's Hourglass.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Nasus's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Nasus drains his foe's spiritual energy, giving him bonus Life Steal.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7.5s | 15s | 12s | – |
| 6 | 5.5s | 15s | 12s | 2m |
| 9 | 3.5s | 14s | 12s | 2m |
| 11 | 3.5s | 13s | 12s | 1m40 |
| 16 | 3.5s | 11s | 12s | 1m20 |
| 18 | 3.5s | 11s | 12s | 1m20 |
Playing as Anivia
Tips to maximize your impact
- Detonate your ice on the target
Recast Flash Frost (Q) when the orb reaches your target: it explodes at once and stuns, without waiting for the end of its range.
- Frostbite a chilled target
Cast Frostbite (E) right after Flash Frost (Q), or inside a fully formed Glacial Storm (R): against a chilled target, its damage doubles.
- Cut off the escape with your wall
Place Crystallize (W) behind a fleeing enemy: the ice wall blocks the path before it melts.
- Play aggressively while your egg is up
Play more aggressively when Rebirth (passive) is available: instead of dying, you turn into an egg, and if it isn't destroyed, you come back at full health.
Playing against Nasus
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
- Deny his farm early
Early on, take a trade whenever he steps up to last-hit a minion: each kill with Siphoning Strike (Q) increases its damage for the whole game.
- Freeze near your tower
Freeze the wave near your tower: to farm with Siphoning Strike (Q), he then has to step up and expose himself to ganks.
- Wait out his storm
Once he hits level 6, don't engage during Fury of the Sands (R): for 15 seconds, he gains health and resistances, and his area damage scales with your max health.
- Hit him while backing off
In teamfights, if you're ranged, hit him while backing off: he has no dash, only Wither (W), a slow that grows stronger over time.
Other Anivia matchups
Patch 16.21.1