Anivia vs Mordekaiser Counter Pick

Both champions deal magic damage, an unusual overlap for a top lane matchup — neither side gets to itemize armor as a universal answer, and Mordekaiser’s 37 base armor does nothing to blunt Anivia’s Frostbite or Glacial Storm. Anivia wins the pairing 60.7% of the time across 183 games on patch 16.13.1, an Easy-rated result.

• Anivia’s 600 range against Mordekaiser’s 175 is a 425-unit gap, and Mordekaiser has no dash or gap-closer in his base kit — Death’s Grasp pulls enemies to him, but only within its own cast range, so he still has to walk into poke range first.
• Indestructible converts damage Mordekaiser deals and takes into a shield he can consume for healing, which offsets some of Anivia’s poke but does nothing about burst from a landed Flash Frost detonation.
• Realm of Death only matters once Mordekaiser is already in melee range, and Anivia’s difficulty rating of 10 against his 4 suggests she has more tools available to prevent that from happening in the first place.

Darkness Rise grants Mordekaiser bonus move speed after three hits, a slow buildup compared to the instant threat of Anivia’s Flash Frost into Frostbite. Mordekaiser’s full kit is on his champion page.