u/TaeyeonsHusbando

I recall Riftmaker being an item some Azirs would take from time to time. I saw it somewhat recently (within the last 6 months) of a Korean GM Azir doing all the HP/AP items. I think he did something like (in no particular order):
- Nashor's Tooth
- Liandrys
- Rylais
- Riftmaker
- Bloodletter's Curse

He had 4k HP and did good damage still. Now here's what I'm thinking:
- Omnivamp boots (for 10% omnivamp)
- Nashor's Tooth
- Riftmaker (total of 18% omnivamp now)
- Shadowflame
- (Any 2 of Rabadon's, Zhonyas, Void Staff)

I feel like the amount of damage you lose isn't that much, but you gain 18% omnivamp and could go pretty crazy. Especially since Azir is hard to survive with into some champs/comps. There's a lot of melee champs that gap close pretty easily (Ambessa, Nocturne, Naafiri, Yone, etc) and having a little bit of sustain in those fights could be game-changing I'd imagine.

What do you guys think?

Hey all! I'm a mid-Emerald and I play on a competitive team and Anivia has been probably in my top 5 picks in a team setting and I'm looking for build ideas. I'll tell everyone what I've been doing and see what suggestions are out there.

The Classic Build:
- Tear
- RoA
- Finish Archangels
- (Various choices between Liandrys, Malignance, Zhonyas, Rabadon's, etc)

Verdict: This one feels ok, but I just felt weak all the time so I steered away from it into the next build that I saw someone building in the pro scene.

Mana Poverty Build:
- RoA
- Liandrys
- Zhonyas
- Major AP items (Rabadon's, Void/Crypt, Shadowflame, whichever 2 work best)

Verdict: This one definitely feels super strong, but if I'm using R to clear waves and keep mid prio, I'm having to base like every 4 waves so I feel like I'm never able to help my team in teamfights because I run out of mana so fast. So then I did this build that I saw somewhere.

Current Build:
- RoA
- Malignance
- (Situational between Liandrys, Zhonyas, Rabadons, Shadowflame, Void/Crypt)

Verdict: I've been enjoying this build a lot. I have plenty of mana, I like the faster resets on R, damage feels quite good. My only complaint, if any, is a lack of ability haste, which you can somewhat makeup for with Transcendence and Legend: Haste runes. AH would feel nice since I max wall 2nd, an action that has lead many teams to make mention of because of how oppressive it's felt for them.

Anybody play Anivia in decent-to-high elo competitive teams? If so, what do you build and why? Any thoughts on my current approach to itemization?

Thanks in advance!