Sett vs Anivia Counter Pick

Rebirth changes the arithmetic of every all-in. Anivia returns as an egg with full health after taking lethal damage, so a cleanly executed The Show Stopper often buys a cooldown rather than a kill. Sett wins 45.4% from 172 matches on patch 16.13.1, graded Hard, and the sample is modest enough that the mechanics matter more than the decimal.

Before that mechanic matters he has to arrive. Anivia attacks from 600 units to his 125, Crystallize raises an impassable wall across the approach, and Flash Frost chills anything in its path so Frostbite lands amplified. Knuckle Down adds movement speed only while he walks toward champions, which helps against a top lane opponent who kites but does not solve a wall.

What Sett owns is the sturdier frame and an unusual resource. Grit accumulates from damage taken, and Haymaker spends it on a shield plus true damage in the centre of the punch, true damage being indifferent to her 19 base armor and 30 magic resistance. His 670 base health grows to 2,608 with 112.9 armor, hers 550 to 2,114 with 88.7, and he moves at 340 against her 325. Facebreaker pulls in enemies on opposite sides of him and stuns them, but against one ranged opponent it only slows. Execution ratings read 10 for Anivia, the top of the scale, against 2 for Sett, so the deficit belongs to a hard champion played well.