Anivia

Anivia is an AP mage in the support, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 50.0% win rate, 0.7% pick rate, 8,367 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Anivia is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Anivia wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Anivia tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 9/10 teamfighting, 9/10 waveclear, 9/10 disengage. Anivia grades low on engage and roaming (3/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Rod of Ages, Liandry's Torment, which holds a 52.3% win rate across 342 games this patch. The build above re-optimizes once you lock in the enemy composition.

The matchup to respect is Blitzcrank, where Anivia sits at just 41.5%, the lane swings the other way into Master Yi (58.0%), and on the team side, Anivia gains the most from a Rek'Sai (+7.0% pair win rate).