#championguide

Anivia will come off to be an intimidating champion to master but the utility she brings to fights is well worth the time. Anivia is relatively skillshot heavy. I do not recommend using smart cast with Anivia especially when you're new to her.

Anivia's Passive: Rebirth (I felt it was necessary for once to talk about a passive.) Anivia's passive is the best bait (aside from teemo) to make the enemy do something completely stupid and throw the game. Is your jungler trying to gank for you when you're at 100 health? Bait the enemy into diving you and force them into a bad position. Is your team camping a bush? Walk on out there and bait someone to engage on you and have your team jump out and completely crush them. But do keep in mind that once your passive is down you're as vulnerable as any other mid ap carry.

Anivia’s Q: Flash Frost Flash frost is a line skillshot that deals damage and slows everything that it passes and aoe stuns when it explodes. This is quite hard to land if you're not good at predicting enemy movement/ aiming. Flash frost's damage is cut in half if you don't pop it.

Anivia’s W: Crystallize Crystallize is great for protecting yourself, catching someone, or splitting up a team. This isn't something you want to put too many points in early so the wall it produces will be pretty small. Protecting yourself: If someone is chasing after you just wall right behind yourself and the enemy will most likely stop chasing since they'll have to go all the way around your wall (with the exception of nets/flashes since they can go right through it). Catching someone: If someone is overextended or they just roamed into the wrong part of the jungle wall their exit off and you'll be able to either get a kill or force a flash. Splitting up a team: During team fights if you can keep someone at bay with your wall (preferably a carry) then your team will have an easy win.

Anivia’s E: Frostbite Frostbite deals less damage if the target isn't chilled by Anivia's Q or R. Honestly, Frostbite doesn't serve much purpose alone except for maybe last hitting minions when you really need to.

Anivia’s R: Glacial Storm Glacial Storm is an aoe slow and continuous damage dealing spell. Glacial Storm can clear waves of minions in a few seconds so it's perfect for defending towers/ pushing. Also, if you're planning to kill jungle camps use this instead of spamming other skills in order to save more mana (using E to quickly last hit is fine). Anivia’s Combos (Commonly used) Q>E Use this combo for a heavy burst poke. This will probably take them down to half health (given that you have at least 2 points in each skill). If they foolishly stick around use this combo again + ignite to finish them off. R>E (For those who are challenged at aiming) There's only a ~10% chance of you missing this combo. If you just can't land your Q or if it's a critical moment and you're just so close to killing them that you cant stop to cast Q use your R>E combo! This will almost never fail you. Q>R>W>E>Ignite (If you're new to Anivia then you will probably smash every key trying to do this combo. Also this is my personal arrangement of the skill order, there are other ways of doing this) If this doesn't kill them well then fuck. Maybe next time champ. Summoner Spells that work on Anivia Ignite/Flash Teleport/Flash

Role(s) for Anivia: Mid

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Recommended Skins Bird of Prey Anivia (My personal favorite) Hextech Anivia (Full model rework unlike Noxus Hunter) Edit: New skin! Blackfrost Anivia (Just. Buy. It.)

Amumu is best used as a jungler. He's great for hard engages but is very mana dependent and is a little difficult to gank with pre-6. Amumu isn't everyone's cup of tea since he doesn't do much damage and is more of a support jungler but trying wont hurt!

Amumu’s Q: Bandage Toss Bandage Toss is a single target gap-closer/stun. This is usually hard to land when you're trying to gank since there's always the chance of you hitting a minion instead (the missile speed is also pretty slow). Tell your lane to bait them to an open area so that you can land this easily. In team fights it's not necessary to stun the backlines with this since your ult will do more than enough. Do not use this to jungle, it's not worth spending mana on. However, you can use this to get over the walls.  Take this at level 3 (especially if you plan to gank).

Amumu’s W: Despair Despair does percent damage which is great for clearing camps. Using this while having bladed armor will make jungling a lot faster. Always remember to turn this off when you're not using it especially if you don't have blue buff or it will slowly drain your mana and before you know it, it's all gone! Take this at level 2 (if you don't plan on ganking early).

Amumu’s E: Tantrum Tantrum's passive is extremely useful for jungling and tanking even though it doesn't seem to do much. Spamming this while jungling without blue buff will heavily drain your mana so be careful. Every time Amumu is hit, Tantrum's cooldown will be reduced; use this to your advantage during team fights (Never forget that you can probably spam this ~5-10 times. Use it.) Take this at level 1 (it's better than despair level 1 since you'll be getting a leash anyway).

Amumu’s R: Curse of the Sad Mummy Curse of the Sad Mummy is an aoe stun (the area of the stun is around amumu. You cannot aim this skill or place it somewhere else). If your team is trying to disengage from a fight, stun them with this and run away. If you want to engage, Bandage Toss to the closest enemy and use your ult (though you don't necessarily have to use it right away but generally it's better to use it at the beginning of fights). Summoner Spells that work on Amumu Smite/Flash

Role(s) for Amumu: Jungle

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Recommended Skins Sad Robot Amumu (My personal favorite + Animation changes) Little Knight Amumu (Second favorite - nicer splash/in game)

Alistar provides a lot of crowd control and can turn fights around. Alistar isn't hard to use but landing his W+Q combo takes some time. His skills are extremely mana hungry so try not to spam. Poking with Alistar isn't recommended, you should save his skills to either engage, counter-engage, or disengage.

Alistar's Q: Pulverize Pulverize is a short ranged aoe knock up. You might get this mixed up with his W if you've only just started playing him so be very careful not to waste this since it has a pretty long cool down.

Alistar's W: Headbutt Headbutt is a medium ranged single target knock back. This is great for knocking someone (preferably a carry) into your team, disengaging from a fight by knocking away whoever is in the front running at your team, or most importantly zoning someone away from a team fight. This can momentarily "stun" someone if you Headbutt them into a wall.

Alistar's E: Triumphant Roar Triumphant Roar will not save lives but it's good for some sustain. This is great for denying enemy farm since it will heal your minions. However, don't spam this since your mana is very precious.

Alistar's R: Unbreakable Will Unbreakable Will is great for tanking in team fights and, if needed, diving a tower. During a team fight don't pop your ult right away, use your crowd controls and then use your ult since you'll be waiting for cool downs and you'll still want to be able to tank. Alistar's Combos (Commonly used) Q>W This is best used as a counter-engage since you have to be close to Q. If someone is overextending just to engage on your team don't be afraid to knock them into the middle of your team and burst them down. W>Q One trick to this combo is to press Q while your W is in the middle of casting, this way you wont knock them completely out of your Q. (It takes time to get this down and missing it will be embarrassing but don't give up!) Summoner Spells that work on Alistar Exhaust/Flash Smite/Flash (For jungling. If requested, I'll try and throw together a jungling guide for Alistar.)

Role(s) for Alistar: Bot-Support Jungle

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Recommended Skins Infernal Alistar (My personal favorite) Unchained Alistar (Free! Click Here)

Akali's skills aren't hard to use but executing her combos correctly takes a bit of time (don't give up if it seems hard the first few times. it becomes a lot easier if you practice). Since Akali uses energy her skills are spammable however be aware of how much energy you have before committing to a fight (i.e. diving a tower).

Akali's Q: Mark of the Assassin Mark of the Assassin has very low damage output the first 2 levels or so (unless you can trigger the mark through auto attacking and using Crescent Slash). During these first two levels use this to farm safely or poke if you can farm fine without it. Do not overextend just to trigger the mark since Akali is fairly squishy early.

Akali's W: Twilight Shroud Twilight Shroud is good for getting out of sticky situations or escaping ganks. However, Twilight Shroud has a fairly long cool down so use this wisely. If you're going in for a kill this can slow them. When you leave Twilight Shroud your stealth will last for another second. When you attack inside of Twilight Shroud you will be revealed for 2-2.5 seconds (if you don't attack again). Be wary of oracles, pink wards, and any skills that will give true vision (i.e. Lee Sin's Q&E).

Akali's E: Crescent Slash Crescent Slash is a short ranged aoe damage spell. This can be used to farm a mob of minions and is best used for her passive spell vamp. Crescent Slash has a decent damage output. Akali's R: Shadow Dance Shadow Dance is very important for Akali since it's her only gap closer. This can also serve as an escape if you can cleverly juke around (i.e. if you dive a tower and there is an enemy unit behind you, you can R back and get away safely. This isn't recommended to use on an enemy champion especially if they have crowd control and you're low health). Always keep in mind how many charges you have left. Akali's Combos (That i use) Q>R>E This will be enough to kill someone if they decide to stick around with below half hp. (given that you have the right items) Q>Wait for Q to come off cool down>R>Auto Attack>Q>Auto attack/E You can use this to poke and burn their pots extremely fast, shove them out of lane, or if they're low health but the first combo doesn't seem to be enough this will have enough burst to kill them. Summoner Spells that work on Akali Ignite/Flash Teleport/Flash

Role(s) for Akali: Solo Top Mid

Ahri is a skillshot champion so yes it will take a while to get the hang of her. Her most important skills are (in my opinion) Orb of deception, Charm, and her ultimate Spirit Rush.

Ahri's Q: Orb of deception Orb of deception will go through anything in a line in front of her. If you're confident, this is what you should use to harass your opponent in lane (especially when you see them going for a minion). Landing this when it goes out is easy but landing it when the orb comes back is harder, Aim Wisely or this will drain your mana. At higher levels this can clear a wave of minions in an instant, good for defending a tower. Use this when your passive is up to get the most spell vamp.

Ahri's W: Fox-Fire Fox-Fire works extremely well against meelee champions since it will automatically lock onto the closest enemy unit. If you're being chased and they're low health (but higher than yours) this can probably help you turn on them and get a kill. However, don't risk it if they have cc or you don't have enough mana for a follow up spell.

Ahri's E: Charm Charm, similar to her Q, is a skillshot that only works on one target (minions included). Generally this is hard to land for inexperienced players. Never run up to them just to charm especially pre-6. Charm is best used to turn an engage around, let's say their mid goes in to try and kill you, if you can land a charm you can easily burst them down or make them back off. Charm can also save your teammate when they're about to die! Just land your charm.

Ahri's R: Spirit Rush Spirit Rush is Ahri's gap closer and escape. The damage on her ult isn't high but it will do the job for extremely low health targets. If they're just a little too high for your ult alone to finish the job, use fox-fire along with her ult for more damage at once. Never use your ult unless it's necessary because if you waste this you're immediately vulnerable to any type of ganks and it will be easier for the enemy to run away from you when you go in for a kill without your ult.

Summoner Spells that work on Ahri Ignite/Flash Ignite/Heal Role(s) for Ahri: Mid