Vayne vs Anivia Counter Pick

Anivia wins this exchange. Vayne sits at 40.5% over 126 games at patch 16.13.1 — a thin sample, though the mechanics point the same way the number does. The Cryophoenix attacks from 600 units against 550, and spends that advantage on magic damage aimed at a champion holding 30 base magic resistance and 23 base armor.

Three factors drive the result:

• Crystallize raises an impassable wall that severs retreats, although it also hands Condemn terrain to stun against — the tool cuts both ways.
• Rebirth turns a finished kill into an egg at full health, so the burst window Vayne spends everything on is frequently wasted.
• Glacial Storm layered with Frostbite punishes a champion who must stand still and attack, while Silver Bolts needs three consecutive hits before it pays anything.

On raw stats Anivia is the frailer body: 2,114 health and 88.7 armor at level 18 against 2,301 and 101.2, moving at 325 to 330, with 51 base attack damage against 60. Her difficulty rating is 10, the top of the scale, against 8. Both spend Mana, but only one of them needs it for damage — basic attacks against four spells — so long trades tilt on mana efficiency rather than raw numbers. Early magic resistance instead of a second attack-speed component changes the arithmetic, and Night Hunter‘s closing speed is the cleanest exit from a Glacial Storm before it accumulates.