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I Am Goliath says “This matchup difficulty really depends on the riven player but I personally love this matchup, I start doran's blade always and play aggressive early, try to bait out rivens shield by auto attacking her and then go in for the E, also if she engages onto you it's very easy to hit your E, rivens are super telegraphed because of their kit. I play really aggressive pre 6 in this matchup and can usually get kills before then, level 6 is when you have to watch out because her burst with ultimate can be insane, if you haven't backed and have a lot of unspent gold or you're just low on HP I recommend backing and getting some HP because she can burst you from like 75% HP if you aren't careful and she's good at comboing, but you also have potential to outplay her but flashing her second part of ultimate. once you get cleaver and ninja tabi + level 9 you should almost always win the 1v1 unless you missplay, just remember try to bait out her E first with auto attacks because they will use it to shield auto attacks a lot.”
ForgottenProject says “A Skill matchup.
[1]If you're able to parry her hard cc you win the trade. If she's able to bait out your parry she wins the trade.
[2] Tabis are a good buy.
*Important* Currently she's busted out of her god-damn mind and Riot refuses to nerf her so consider banning her if you're in High-Elo.
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PH45 says “Abuse her cooldowns. She can burst you quite quickly. At level 6 if you are low be careful as she can quickly catch up to you and just ult you to death. Very slippery so hard to kill early. If she misses her stun then try to fight her as she can't create distance as easily then.”
Thing in the Ice says “Riven has a lot of gap closers to get to you. Her E completely nulls out your Q damage. This lane is all about cooldowns. When Riven uses her abilities, take advantage of her. Be very careful of her R when low because her slash is an execute. Play this lane safe early.”
Drake6401 says “Skill matchup in your favor. Do not get near her at level 1. She beats you this early. Only engage at level 2 when you have a dash or stun. Baiting her Q will win you a trade, or you can get your damage off before she can use the full combo. She doesn't typically cling to her shield but if you can't wait it out, stun her and dash off. I've found Riven to be fairly divable if you make sure to either one shot her or bait her stun.”
Stinkee says “Most Riven matchups are very easy but some good Riven players may outplay you. Riven only does one type of damage so she's very easy to itemize against. Get a Frozen Heart and Ninja Tabi and she won't be able to do much against you. If you are having a hard time against a good Riven you can max W first. Don't use your Q unless you are hidden or she has used all of her dashes. Keep track of when she uses her dashes and look to fight her while they are on cooldown.”
Rhoku says “TL;DR - SKILL MATCHUP. FIGHT HER LEVEL 1 WITH W. CAREFUL OF HER BURST/ALL IN. RESPECT HER LEVEL 6 DAMAGE. TRY TO CANCEL HER Q WITH YOUR E. STEELCAPS ARE A GOOD BUY. CONQUEROR IS GOOD.
The Riven matchup is, obviously, HEAVILY dependent on how good the Riven is. But in general, your biggest priorities should be not underestimating her damage and not wasting your abilities because a good Riven will be able to take advantage. She is much harder to deal with when she has ignite so just try to be careful. You are stronger than her level 1 if you level your W so try to make use of this and heavily outtrade her. Try to trade against her when she wastes her abilities. If possible, use your E in order to cancel her third Q as this can leave her in a very vulnurable position. If you do not have your E, you can buffer your W to slow her down just as she knocks you up. This might not matter much in the end though, as she has a ton of mobility. Level 6 is tricky as you have to respect her ultimate. If she catches you off, she can kill you from full health quite easily. It is going to be quite tricky to land your Qs on her but doing so is the key to beating her. This is an extremely snowbally lane so try not to die. And if you do, try not to die any more to her as that would potentially render the game unwinnable. Steelcaps are an amazing purchase against her. Thanks to Conqueror giving more healing AND some Rivens opting for Ravenous/omnivamp items, Bramble Vest is another good pick up against her, especially if the rest of her team requires you to get Merc boots to survive in teamfights. Conqueror is good into her. However, the rune that allows you to dumpster her in lane is Aftershock.”
Olaf Only says “Difficult to kill.
You are stronger 1v1 until mid game.
Prioritize denying CS rather than going for all-ins as she can escape most attempts.”
MythicMike says “Very mobile that can make it hard to land Q, but if her Q and E are down, make sure to punish her hard for it. You can outrade her early as long as you don't get hit by every single ability of hers.”
lol Wero says “Riven is one of those champs where she can all in you but its actually a close match up compare to Irelia or Wukong. Watch for her Abilities”
Anoying bro5 says “This is a skill matchup so you have to adjust to your opponents play style. You can trade lvl 1 with your Q poke, but make sure to hit a vital to escape her return damage with your movement speed. You want to parry her 3rd Q or her W stun. If you dont have parry, you lose the trade. Her ult is very strong combined with her full combo, so be cautious of her damage.”
Sovereign Kitten says “Start (Q) which will help you avoid her level 1 and 2 all in cheese. You have to play in a certain manner to completely negate the all in damage she does. You have to make sure you have your (Q) available for when she dives into you with the knockup followed by the stun. Blind her the very second you get knocked up with a level 2 blind to counter her empowered damage and mitigate as much damage as possible. She will either then try to run you down, or dash and back away. You can out-trade her doing this every time. Grasp of the Undying is the best rune for this match-up period, followed by Electro / Resolve. Grasp falls off late game in comparison.
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Justkb says “She is still ok, her changes make her lane sustain more annoying but she needed it, to be honest, just don't go for crazy trades and waste mana early. Look to build early tabi and hp and outlast her in long trades in which you win hard. I would also recommend going Grasp into this matchup, it is very successful at deterring a riven from short trades as you can end up gaining a lot from them while the wave still shoves in your favor. Also building HP vs Riven is very effective as this slows down her powerspike especially at level 6.”
iZeal says “Riven outscales you heavily, but during the laning phase you can put up a good fight. She has 4 abilities to get out of your W, but your Q1 and Q2 outrange her by a large amount so that she has to shield a lot of this damage to avoid getting poked down.
You will need 2 rotations to kill her while she can 80-0 you in a 1,5 second stun combo so always stay topped up and do not underestimate her burst.”
PH45 says “She has tons of dashes so it might be hard to hit your W on to her. Good thing to remember is that your W makes you unstoppable so you can basically use them when she either tries to knock you up with her 3rd Q or stun you with her W. ”
Raen says “If it's good Riven it's hard to do something in lane cuz she will always wait for her spells and won't let you take her. Every trade she is just using W and insta E to retreat slowly taking down your hp. You can't hesitate vs Riven, you need to find gap between her W and E CD when she will come close to last hit minion. If you notice opportunity like this you need to all in her, that's how you are winning vs Riven. I recommend fast Tabi.”
maxlid3 says “Keep your distance. Really depends on the Riven player. Usually you can poke her down. She has a good engage so hold your W ready. Be aware of her massive burst especially after level 6. Buy antiheal if she goes for Ravenous Hydra first.”
Alekra says “Riven can outtrade you very easily. She can E your Q and alot of the time she dashes away before you can trade her back. Try to Q her while she uses her 3rd Q on you so she can't follow up immediately with her W. W her stun.
Be really careful after lv 6 as many people underestimate her burst and animation cancelling.”
Warwick de Crocs says “Pressionar o Ataque - Lâmina de Doran. Abusa do Press, usa o Q pra cancelar o knockup do Q3 dela, cuidado com Conq stackado. Quando chegarem o lvl 6, tenta ativar o E somente quando ela apertar R.”
Olaugh says “When she hasn't her q's, go for trade.
While laning go for short trades and try to not damage her while her shield is on. Try to get level advantage so you hit level 6 first.On 6 just all in her. When he tries to trade on +6 lv and he jumps on you, try to hit her with axe while she is in jump and activate your R before you are knocked up and turn trade into kill”
Ravenborne says “Skill matchup. Abuse her Level 1 with W. Be sure to cancel her third Q with your E. You outdamage her, just do not let her get free trades in. Level 6 watch out for the Ult burst. Try to flash her R.”
jpaul2077 says “This match up more depends on the skill level of the Riven player. When trading, be sure to keep track of her cooldowns. If she uses Q or W to farm, that's a chance to win a trade. The later the game gets, the harder it will get to duel Riven. Try and secure the victory quickly through roaming and getting objectives.”
SpyDaFX says “Skill matchup. u can win at level 3 if you have health advantage or equal. DO NOT TRADE LEVEL 1 OR SHE WILL KILL YOU. look for big trades at level 3 and avoid trading when her E (shield) is up, level 2 is possible to kill if the riven is not that good and missing cs for example (that way you know she's either bad or either respecting you alot but still overextends). go Conqueror”
Sporkintahn says “This is a Skill matchup in your favor. --- She has tons of mobility and can dodge your Q and E easily so play heavily around her cooldowns. --- Watch for her third Q which is very telegraphed as to how she will use it. It has a knock up. --- She also has a short dash and a stun. She can't take extended trades or fights against you early. --- A common way for her to trade is usually Q/Auto > Stun > Auto > Q/Dash away to deal a lot of damage quickly when trading. --- DO NOT let her trade for free. --- Her Ult is extremely strong so be careful. Do not stay in lane if you are low hp, period. Her burst damage with or without ult is very high and a good Riven can combo you very quickly. --- Later on in the game she outscales you in damage heavily but you can get ahead early to mid.”
SunFalk says “She will a pain to deal with, you need to play super safe and always be far from her, her attacks are a treath to you because of the last hit ult and the stun you get from the last it from her ability's
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The Rock Titan says “"[Grasp E > W or Q] - This is one of those lanes where E max is just far more superior than Q
- Start W into E, you'll start winning level 1 lol...
- She always wants to use her last Q to try to get some free poke damage on you. This can be anticipated and you get to E her when she does it. You win that trade everytime
- I don't recommand engaging the fight, before you get your Bami. She has too many dashes to outplay you and you can end up losing the trade or even die instead.
- After you get your Bami and a few cloth armors, you can actually just run at her. All in whenever she mis steps.
- However, once she gets her first item, you can't fight her anymore. She either runs away too fast or you don't have enough damage"”
Erenando says “She will try to avoid your farming, but I personally think she is on the same stage as garen. I'd also say she is a bit weaker, since you can already fight her with lvl 6 and Sheen if you haven't died to her before. Don't fear high rank Riven players. You're the high tier OnePunchDog and they should fear you!”
czrmtz24 says “Do not fight Riven before level 3. Take W second in order to prevent her from chunking you. Singed W grounds champs, so she will be unable to dash with Q or E.”
GarenteedDamage says “Riven isn't too much of a threat early. However, it is very easy to underestimate her damage especially once she gets her ult. Be extremely careful once she hits level 6.”
wDesired says “Skill Matchup
You win lvl 3 so try to get to lvl 3 without getting poked too hard by Riven
Try to get ahead as she is more capable in a teamfight than you , very important to watch out for ganks”
xPetu says “Recommended: Standard Runes & Teleport
TIps: Insta W when she goes for a longer trade. Your W blocks her Passive-AAs. Don't E into her Q3, it will get interrupted. Flash her R2 if possible.”
MarkFromSingedMains says “Your W cancels her Q and E, and your E can cancel her final Q and E. At level 6 she will use all of her abilities in one go and kill you if you're not careful, and depending on how good the Riven is you might get destroyed the entire laning phase. Peel for your team and you should be fine, she can't engage whilst on your W.”
CFCryo says “Very much a skill matchup. Riven's third Q can be repelled by a well-timed Flay. If mistimed, it will still hit you and you'll be knocked back.
Clever use of Riven's stun can guarantee you get hit by the third Q, however, so make sure you carefully use distance. Sometimes Flaying away won't be the answer. Stuns do NOT stop your Q animation, so if you predict a stun, use your own one to minimise her advantage. There's a lot to learn here, so best to learn by just playing.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “That's a really fun skill matchup. Just rush Berserkers into Shieldbow and then it's all about outplay and snowball on that lane. If you give her a kill, play the rest of the laning phase safer.”
LoLReal says “This is realistically a skill match up. We have to hit Q to win. Whoever snowballs wins this one. Get early tabis and trades become more one-sided.”
Rhoku says “As skill matchup as it gets. She can kite you very well but it should be your goal to make sure she doesn't get to do it for free. Activate your Ultimate early. Land your Qs. Don't eat a full Q combo from her as this will be very bad. Tabis, Seekers Armguard are both excellent into her together. You win in ultimate and you win all ins. But I wouldn't try to all in her as she can escape very easily. Overall, just Q spam poke and save your E. Use it to get her back into the fight and stop her from escaping. Make sure to not use your E before she uses her own E. If she goes INTO you, then she is FREE. If all else fails, just wait until level 6. You don't straight up outscale her like other matchups so don't count on you winning lategame for this one.”
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says “Riven is a skill matchup. You can bully her off and on with autos but her all-in is incredibly strong. Even if you're ahead she can kill you at lvl 6. Play carefully and flay her jump to avoid taking unnecessary damage. Any build works in this lane. Poke occasionally but focus on denying her all in (either on you or your carries). You can do this pretty well with randuins and frostfire gauntlet. ”
Wawza says “Her high mobility makes this matchup harder than most without her having to do much except being Riven, try too keep your W up at most times and trade from a distance since she can stick to you easily.”
wff010 says “You shouldn't lose at any stage. Levels 1-5, you auto her while tanking her damage and save w for her last q. Levels 2-5, you save e for her e after you w her last q and auto her to death. Levels 6 and beyond, if you see her ult and prepare to go in, you can ult her last q, e if she tries to run, and w when she throws out her second ult. ”
LunaticDancer says “Will harass you a lot early. What you need is getting your lvl 2 ghouls the fastest you can so you can at least trade back and not get eaten in the lane. Also, proc your grasp on her as often as you can.”
gladiatorrr4 says “Safe your E for her to engage. if she Ults, end the trade as fast as possible.
Wait for he cooldowns to be used before trading back.”
Phrxshn says “Dodge her Broken Wings(Q) as it has 3 dashes or save Mega Adhesive for it. It is possible to Fling the third dash on Broken Wings. Juke out her Ki Burst(W) to prevent stun. Try to avoid her if she uses Valor(E) as she gets a shield and the shield only lasts for 2 seconds. Dodge her Blade of the Exile/Wind Slash(R). (Recommended Items: Rylai's Scepter, Plated Steelcaps) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Riven) (Mega Adhesive prevent casting on Broken Wings or her Dashes) (Mega Adhesive prevent casting on her Valor(E) which is her other dash) (Fling overrides one of her Broken Wings)”
Phrxshn says “Dodge her Broken Wings(Q) as it has 3 dashes. Juke out her Ki Burst(W) to prevent stun. Try to avoid her if she uses Valor(E) as she gets a shield and the shield only lasts for 2 seconds. Dodge her Blade of the Exile/Wind Slash(R). (Recommended Items: Plated Steelcaps) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Riven) ”
3251 says “- Q Passive Auto trade early but position in a way in lane where she is forced to at least use her 1/2 Q's or E to get to you for a trade
- E when she E's onto you, auto then E again
- All in if she wastes her E, she is super squishy and easy to kill without it
- be careful when she R's, her damage spikes massively
- she can cancel your autos with her 3rd Q / W
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Tulho says “PASSIVA(LÂMINA RÚNICA) MUITO FORTE EARLY.
ACEITAR A PRESSÃO NOS LV'S INICIAIS.
TABI NINJA É UMA ÓTIMA ESCOLHA CONTRA.
COM O JG VOCÊ CRIA UMA BOA VANTAGEM.”
Vandenelis says “Watch out for her level 1 trades, since she can kill you in one chace to the tower. you win trades if you can hit her with your e without soaking too much damage in lower elo when a riven starts spamming jumps on you press q to cancel her knock-up, after that, you can damage her with your e, and silencing her with w so she cant stun you, generally try not to die till level 6, after that, you can kill her if you have a lead on her post level 6 you can generally just run her down for a kill”
WayOfTheTempesst says “This matchup throughout League history has always favored Riven and I feel like it favors her even more recently due to shield bash. The only time you really shit on Riven is lvl 1-2 due to her not having all of her abilities yet. If you haven't gotten a good trade against her first 2 lvls she pretty much just controls the lane past that point. Try to kite to minions when she starts Qing on you and going back onto her when her Q is down. Post 6 try to windwall before she stuns you to try to not get hit by the 2nd part of her ulti, although a good Riven will always hit you with it by chain ccing you. Don't E directly onto riven or else she will just stun you and turn on you pretty easily, instead try to nado from afar to force her to use her E to dodge then you can go on her when her shield is down. You can also get early tabi in this lane and farm till you get PD which will help you a lot with dueling her.”
Phrxshn says “Dodge her Broken Wings(Q) as it has 3 dashes or save Seismic Shard for it. Juke out her Ki Burst(W) to prevent stun. Try to avoid her if she uses Valor(E) as she gets a shield and the shield only lasts for 2 seconds. Dodge her Blade of the Exile/Wind Slash(R). (Recommended Items: Plated Steelcaps) (Outscaling Edge: Malphite) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Even) ”
KingNklaus says “Similar to Yasuo hard early after 4 you should be in control post 6 it becomes dangerous a very good Riven player can beat you Seeker's Tabi highly advised ”
Whobick says “You counter Riven... hard. This is probably one of the hardest matchups for Riven. Wait for her shield to go away or deplete it using Undertow (Q), then go in with Reckless Swing (E), and Undertow (Q) again. GG unless she is fed.”
Phrxshn says “Dodge her Broken Wings(Q) as it has 3 dashes or save Primal Howl for it. Juke out her Ki Burst(W) to prevent stun. Try to avoid her if she uses Valor(E) as she gets a shield and the shield only lasts for 2 seconds. Dodge her Blade of the Exile/Wind Slash(R). (Recommended Items: Plated Steelcaps) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Even) ”
Veng Shotz says “completely skill dependent but tilts on aatrox's side. you can cancel any part of her q rotation with your knock ups. Just dont let her do her fast attack animation cancel bug that has yet to be patched out and you generally win trades. Dont walk up into melee range into her, play a bit behind your melee minions and punish her when she walks up to cs. Cs for free while her e+q are on cd after escaping your combo.
watch out for her items and make sure to not stay in lane under 60% health post6 if shes running ign or has executioners. ”
Phrxshn says “Dodge her Broken Wings(Q) as it has 3 dashes. Juke out her Ki Burst(W) to prevent stun. Try to avoid her if she uses Valor(E) as she gets a shield and the shield only lasts for 2 seconds. Dodge her Blade of the Exile/Wind Slash(R). (Recommended Items: Plated Steelcaps) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Riven) ”
Phrxshn says “Dodge her Broken Wings(Q) as it has 3 dashes. Juke out her Ki Burst(W) to prevent stun. Try to avoid her if she uses Valor(E) as she gets a shield and the shield only lasts for 2 seconds. Dodge her Blade of the Exile/Wind Slash(R). (Recommended Items: Plated Steelcaps) (Outscaling Edge: Riven) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Even) ”
Lupus_ToplaneMain says “Its a skillmatchup which makes it fun to play. whoever has more skill with the champion he/she is playing wins. parry her 3rd q or her R2.Hit the vitals. ”
qveenevelynn says “A casual Riven player is not really hard to fight. But a pro one will make the difference. Be carefull to her Q and her stun. She can also use her ult to finish u , dont forget and dont be greedy ”
ModelitoTime says “Similar to Olaf in the sense that she is a pain early game. Once you hit around lvl 6+ you can start to fight her and win trades. Just play safe early and don't give her a lead, keep your distance from her, because she can close gaps really quick with her Q's and her E, and then on top of that stun you. ”
kingchas2 says “She has tons of mobility so you can't kite her easily and she does tons of damage. Once you are 6 you can play pretty safe and poke her down with auto's safely. As long as she doesn't get fed you hard outscale and will carry teamfights. ”
RTO says “Bad players I would have as a 2 because without proper combos will get wrecked. D2 and higher elo Riven players will combo correctly and be a tough matchup.”
SethPRG says “Riven used to be an even skill matchup, but now it's very hard to win other than early all in trades if you play it perfectly, but even then they can still get away easily. You'll want to learn W at level 1, you will always win the trade that way (just be wary of your long W CD), but make sure they can't Q away from the damage. Up to level 6 you win the all-in, but they will almost always be able to dash away, it's too hard to kill confirm on a good Riven. Consider going Striderbreaker to slow them, Goredrinker in this situation just makes you absolutely useless in a 1v1, and you really don't want to have your ADC go match a mobile Riven in a sidelane when they split... It won't be pretty. It will be your job to match the Riven wherever they go, and vice versa, you will also want to match their insane damage with insane damage. Just note that if you're for examples splitting top and you see Riven splitting bot, have someone else match them, you will lose a lot of farm if you recall and go back to them, it's honestly not worth it. If your teammate dies, then you should do your best to predict where Riven will be and be there before them. It's very hard to match their mobility, to having good macro knowledge is key. It's best to build Trinity Force and hope the sheer damage will carry you through the 1v1. Past level 6 their all in potential is disgusting and you can't realistically win sometimes unless you flash their R. You just have to hope that you can farm up and eventually outscale their Eclipse, if that's what they're going for, but in all honesty that item has been nerfed to the ground so I doubt they will build it. If they go for bruiser items the matchup is less difficult in a 1v1 unless they go Trinity, but I have seen Riven go Goredrinker just because they can make it connect to anyone they want in a team fight, cause you know, their 100 dashes and all. Rush Plated Steelcaps, eventually go Bramble, and get Death's Dance 2nd item.”
laoshin3v3 says “Grasp or Conqueror
Parry her 3rd Q or Ult shot. If you dash into a Vital you can aswell use parry since she will most likely immediatly stun into it. A lot of Riven players will try to fight lvl1 but Fiora wins it hard.”
LoLReal says “Tabis, tabis, tabis. Can't emphasize how important it is in this match up. Riven trades into us fairly well, this is a skill match up that might even be slightly Riven favored. Be careful of her trades pre 6 and her all in potential once she has R. We should be able to out trade her post 6 and have a slightly better all-in. With tabis you should win when you ult. Try to bait out her E before trading.”
Runtley says “Riven can be hard or good matchup since 50% of riven players suck it can be easy. Really just poke whenever she tries and farm and run away when she tries to go in. Sitting is a push won't help since she has so many AOE abilities but if you windle her down she's no problem.”
Dannala says “High Mobility, High amounts of AoE, frequent shields and CC burst. If the Riven has any idea what they are doing you are in for a harsh game. Your only chance at it is to get first blood and snowball before she reaches 3+.”
ineptpineapple says “Easy you counter her pretty hard, when she dashes at you just root and kite her she wont be able to catch up. I would recommend goling zhonyas second though no doubt about it just in case.”
aurus666lol says “A lot of Dashes, go Phase Rush if you want to be still useful on lane. All what you need is playing safe after 6, because she can oneshots you. Remember about her big cooldowns in early game.”
SpartanDumpster says “Another match up that can go either way. Her gap closers threaten you and her E can negate your passive. Play safe and remember that you're a ranged champ, hang back and use the fact that you can hit her from farther than she can hit you to your advantage.”
Otp Fiora Sorry says “quase impossível perder para riven podes lhe dar stun no W e no ultimo q ... caso ela va lutar contra ti apenas ult tentando acertar o teu w no stun dela que ganha fácil msm ”
Hyzerik says “Can be a problem if they are good. Riven can be really good in the right hands and with all the cc she has it can get quite annoying. Try to dodge her Q knock up then go in.”
JannaMainOTP800K says “Stay on maxrange when playing against her as Riven has lots of dashes
However you only need to woorry about her last Q jump.
If you block it with your Q then you have enough time to make some distance so that she cann not catch you with W and E.
Also be warry of flash engages and lvl 6 all ins.
In those cases the "block last Q" advice still stands true however with flash its way less predictable and with Ult she can deal lots of damage so dont be greedy with yours”
Gym Nasiem says “same thing with wukong it's easy to bully sett but if you get dead man's plate is should be easier but for riven it depends on how well the player now's riven and what she can do and can't do.”
Raideru says “Good rivens are very hard to beat, you should try trading with her whenever u see the opportunity when she goes for minions after she gets lvl 3+ she will just try to do short trades with instant disengages so what you want to do is to trade with her you just use w+q engage cause she can't react fast enough for her e shield to absorb it. Tabi rush into sheen is very important here.”
SaltCat says “Level 1 play passive, like really passive, level 2 you can get W if you want to, level 3 and beyond she will look to short trade, use your W to block her damage and the use your E when she has no dashes”
sauronkaiser says “This champion is so stupid that i will not even talk much about her. Bad rivens are food for you, medium rivens can be defeated by launching E to them after they engage and use their E to back so they cant escape. Good rivens... try to be a better teamfighter. Its all you can do.”
The Real Fake says “This matchup is quite volatile, but it is slightly Hecarim favored. A good Riven beats a good Hecarim, but a decent/bad Hecarim beats a decent/bad Riven. You lose levels 1-2, you can beat Riven lvl 3 if you have Conqueror stacked up, and start beating her in trades completely past level 4. At level 6, she has a chance to beat you so be wary. If you have your Q stacked you can beat her if you dodge her ult with your ult. It is recommended to just disengage with your E if she ults. She can't stick onto you and you can kill her easily if her ult is down. Once she gets two completed items you cannot fight her anymore because she outscales you hard.
The reason why this matchup is even is because you beat her early-mid, and that you can choose favorable fights and disengage from unfavorable ones. Also your early to mid game roams and skirmishes are much better than hers.”
Urgodzilla says “This matchup completely depends on Riven. If she is good it might be even worse than Fiora or Jax, if she is bad just kill her over and over until she ragequits.”
AmericanNut says “Mechanically difficult, but a fun duel if you're not losing hard. Be careful, ask for ganks if needed, and fight around her cooldowns. Her ult is an issue if you let her get you low.”
Ramixx says “She can beat you if played correctly. And if you do manage to snowball which is unlikely good but make sure to try to end fast because she outscales rammus due to her shield spam and BC + Lord Doms.”
EU_Toxicity says “Your E will cancel her 3rd Q if you time it well. If you succeed at pulling her out of it all-in immediately as she will never win a 1v1 without her Q up, especially before 6. The key to winning vs riven is to stay high health and look for all-in windows. I prefer going cleaver in this matchup because it makes you much tankier allowing you to survive her burst and run her down with ghost.”
Mr. Popper says “Really Depends on the skill of the riven player but she has multiple ways to close the gap between you and her and still be able to dish out a lot of damage.
I recommend going a hard kite build with stride breaker and fleet to force riven to use her abilities for gap close rather then damage”
XtheZ115 says “The perfect matchup. Riven players tend to be very easy to tilt, and that is something a good Singed player can abuse. Spam your laugh, make her mad, and she will chase.
Be sure to be nice in the all chat when she kills you. Be even nicer when you kill her.
All jokes aside, Riven has to be very aggressive to be effective, and being aggressive with a Singed is exactly what he wants. Unless they are a very skilled Riven, you should have a pretty easy time.”
Bombabo says “You should easily be able to beat Riven in a fight. The only true advantage she holds over you is her mobility, so it is very important that you land your E in fights.”
iZeal says “Pulling Riven out of her Q3 or her E and then baiting and dodging her W she will most likely use after means you can press Ghost and just run her down. Htting Q against Riven is very hard as she has 4 abilities to dodge it so you have to rely on your auto attacks and especially time your W such that you attack through her Q3 knockup or W stun.
After Level 6 you have to be careful of Riven's all-in as she can try to 100-0 you. Riven will outscale you in the 1v1 as 40% cdr shields and Death's Dance with insane mobility means barely any stacks for you but you can easily disrupt her in teamfights by pulling her, allowing your team to burst her.
DBlade/DShield, Tabis, Phage/armor”
TXK_ says “F*ck Riven players. Kidding... Look for a 'poke and peel' combination with trades using Q and E. Without CDR, RIven's mobility has big gaps so look to fight after her third Q or E.”
bocchicken says “her ignite cuts your healing, and her lvl 1 is much better than yours. a good riven will look to bait out your Q with a well timed dash and then look to trade back. try to cs near your tower and ward early to prevent her snowballing from ganks”
DasGrauen_ says “Her lv 1 is strong. Her lv 2 Is strong. Just thinking of when shes not strong.. She will rxpe you at any time of the game at level 1 to 18.. So go sustain and hug your tower and dont jump in her with your E.”
bocchicken says “Q when she goes in, then use the movement speed stolen to trade back after her CD's are burned. Goredrinker makes this matchup a bit worse for you, but still malphite favored.”
Timesoul977 says “For me she's a problem. Her Q easily counters Pantheons E, and the rest of her ability's can destroy Pantheon. But if shes bad and plays defensive she isn't a problem. but if you play defensively you might be fine. She is my second favorite ban.”
NoxianBlood says “Riven has a lot of damage for you even able to build even a single resistance to stop her, she will tend to snowball you hard trying the level ahead trades cause she knows that you will outscale her damage with thornmail and allot of armor plus health, just survive laning phase try to make the most gold out of it but like other threats try to lock her down at one point and kill her before she kills your squishies, she knows that you are not the first target so mid to late game she will focus other targets first, so try to stun her and land all your abilities on her and peel some damage carry to kill her quickly. Also, don't fight her when you see her ult, her ult gives her extra damage to her all of her abilities so wait it out and engage her when her ult his down, and don't underestimate her auto cancels.”
hahadead7777 says “Riven has a lot of engage and will out damage you if she gets half of it off. try to poke her after she uses all of her Q and then keep distance till she does it again”
byThiagus says “Muy facil, si pegas la q con el borde le ganas en cualquier momento de la partida, primer pagina de runas, rushear tabis. Podes cortarle su 3q con tu e.”
Stijnzxz says “Like Aatrox but human so she wanna triple Q u and if u ate her Q's congrats ur a dummy.. just look for her cd and u can deal some dmg here and there or ask JG for help.”
Noodles912 says “Tough lane. Social distancing the riven will help you a lot. Riven does scale really well, but not as good as you do. If riven chooses to all in you, use your W to dodge her wind slash. Remember to not pool if she has W. Spam Q for health.”
Leukasdf says “She wins trades because of her motility, stun, and barrier. use your q to try and get her low and try fighting her when her q is on cooldown.”
I Am Goliath says “Hard matchup because she has so much mobility to dodge your Q's and E's and she has two ways to cancel your Q. I've won this matchup a few times early on in the laning phase but I feel like if the riven is good the lane is definitely in her favor. It's still very hard for her to kill you though so I don't have a huge problem with this matchup, just poke as much as you can and if she E's your E then try to go in for a quick trade while her shield is down. Never 1v1 all in her though especially when she is 6 because she has more consistent damage than you.”
Alan234 says “Any rune is fine.
Get some hp+armor. Lvl 2+6 she wants to all in, so if you poke her beforehand or are prepared to flash her ult you will be fine. In general you win all ins against her but its important to have good movement to not take free damage from her q combos.”
AWierdShoe says “Contest the push level 1. Go for 1 auto Q trades level 1, and then back out. Position your blade up constantly throughout the lane. Never taunt in aggressively unless it’s super clear your gonna win the trade, she’s good at chasing you down. Level 3+ is when you’re gonna start winning the trades while both your W and E are up. Use W early on in the trade, and if she tries to keep trading when it ends just taunt backwards (through her if you can) and wait for them to be up again. You’ll win trades this way, and if she tries to just not trade you, just force her to by hitting her with an empowered Q auto every time she walks up for a last-hit.
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I Am Goliath says “If the riven is super good she can win this matchup but you should win this in lane, you outrade her and your Q messes up her combo a lot, also use your W to dodge a Q or even her ult.”
TrinityForceYasuo says “So riven... Wait for her to use her Q at last 1 part of it and 2 would be the safest bet. After she does you can go and trade with her. Play around her cooldowns especially her Q which is her main ability which allows her to do the AA cancels and output so much damage. Try to bait overall her abilities and then you are able to run her down. Level 1 and 2 you can go to harass her if she goes to last hit the minions. Respect her level 6 because if she does everything or almost everything right she can kill you easily. When she does her 3rd Q try to time your dash well so you can dodge it, that simple thing if you learn the timing can make the difference if you gonna win the 1v1. When she uses E wait for it to expire then use EQ. Freeze against her and make her vulnerable to ganks and you can do really short trades without her being able to trade back.”
Saarlichenbog says “Riven is extremely vulnerable to 'all-in' trades. In lane, usually around her Q2 or Q3 she tends to blow most of her mobility spells which is perfect for Kalista. Riven is also relies on overlevelling her opponent to snowball which is why as long as you don't hand her any early kills then she basically cannot outscale you before the end of the game.”
Captain Dantems says “Depende o estilo estilo de jogo, pois se ela começar com o Q fique pokeando ela com seu Q e passiva da poção corrupta, mas se ela começar com o E use o seu Ctrl + 2 (que se parece a animação do seu Q) para engana-lá e você dar um tiro nela. Grasp. ”
ItsPaulygon says “This will all go down to skill. If you don't let her cc you, and stun her, you win. If she trades with you and can escape, you're screwed. A good Riven player will always know how to deal with a Jax. Try to beat her early even though it will be hard for you. Try your best. If you can beat her early, you can do fairly well the rest of the game against her. Once she reaches 6, be very careful especially if you're on low health.”
llametekudasai says “cuidado con el 2 vs 1 todas las riven que encuentro son aquellas que tienen duo con el jg, cortandole solo su 3 Q puedes ganar el tradeo completo, recuerda respetar su lvl 6, pero si tienes un item, hombre bórrala, también sirve para dodgear el item, si lo haces bien claro.”
Regvy says “Riven is very strong now and it has a lot more mobility than Sett. In teamfights try to save your backline by utling her out and dealing the most damage you can.”
Nicklstherealone says “Normally this is one of the easiest Matchups you could have but it depends on the Skillgap between you and Riven. She has big Outplay-Potential and is very mobile. There are no tips except for dont get poked down by shorttrades and try to trade back. ”
Womsky says “Scaling set up, riven is a broken champion if used by people who one trick her, they take her combos to a level where you get insta killed from 60% hp to 0% by a flashy combo where you can't even move your champion, but don't worry, diamond and below does't have that many riven hardcore OTPs, so you have the upper hand mostly in this matchup cause your champion is much more stright forward to do and ur combos are easier to pull out, basics of this match up is to hold on to your fury and keep high hp, level 1 get some fury and walk towards her to AA trade, if she uses her Q to farm level 1, and u know it is on CD, spin into her even if you have 20% fury, cause riven can't win AA battle with you, she needs her abilities to beat you, this matchup heavily relays on which summoner spells both of you runs, if she runs TP, you can be more dominant, if she runs ignite, give her alot of respect, if u run ghost, look to scale and get 6 before going too hard on her or look for CDs windows, once she reaches level 3, u to wait her to waste her abblies before going in, if you spin into her, she can disengage very easily.
Her Q is her main ability, so the best time to go in is when she wastes that one, and wave control is VERY important in this matchup cause if she ever freezes the wave on her side, u wont be able to farm plus ahe harras you for free, post 6, care for her burst, stay high hp and wait ur chance for all ins, ulti on 20% hp if she has ulti, or 25% if u want it safe.
In the mid game she will rush 45% CDR, so punishing her CDs becomes very hard "cause she won't have ones" so ghost becomes EXTREAMLY strong in this stage of the game, cause if you catch her away from her turret you run her down with ghost, she will have very high burst so respect that, she still annoying to deal with at all stages of the game tho.”
I am so chill says “You beat her early game.But her q comes faster than yours.She is so mobile so you want to keep a distance between you and her.A good riven can beat you after mid game.But till minute 30 you can outdeul her.Punish her if she uses her q s on wave.”
NoHesitation7 says “Huge skill matchup that favours Riven as she has multiple dashes that can dodge your stun & CC you when you Q her. Both side can snowball massively.”
Nodon says “oh look someone who can run at you even when you w them well that sucks but if you can survive the lane till your mythic this will be an even lane ”
Raphi0216 says “The 45% CDR Rush build got basically deleted which weakens Riven's laning strength. Use your E when you think that she used all of her dashes. ”
Randombeastmode says “Depends on the Riven player mostly, this matchup becomes quite easy, unless you get hopelessly bored by the new season of passive play and try to dive this champion repeatedly and fail.
Do not get baited by the boring playstyle of this champion, get fury from minions, if she doesn't let you, make her auto you in your own wave, then start the all in.
You have a special option here:
Ghost ignite
This might help to give you early power, and screw her heavily lategame.”
A55AILANT says “She has a couple dashes in her kit making it easy for her to close gaps and come in for her stun, which if she lands means you're most likely to die.”
OffmetaPancake says “A fun matchup that goes back and forth. Play aggressively then back out to sustain. At 6 she might have kill potential if you are low. Rek'Sai wins because she can out sustain and out rotate riven.”
daito Okami says “Dorans blade conq domination.
Respect lvl 1 her trade is stronger than yours but if u don't overstep you should be fine. Go for all ins when her shield is down u can e her 3rd q. This matchup is pretty akali favored until riven buys magic resist.”
Gwoky says “This is a matchup where you need to disengage and poke. Take Doran's Shield. An even lane will help you get to a point where you just outscale”
Frostyfps says “Largely depends on how good she is, matchup is fairly even but Riven outscales Irelia 1v1 after she gets enough CDR. I recommend being passive early and starting E, if she jumps on you stun her in your minion wave and back off. Once it crashes to your tower it will start pushing back and you will have passive. This is the best time to fight her (just like any other melee lane). Try to predict where they will dash with their E, almost 80%+ they will try to dash in the opposite direction to avoid your E but make sure to drag it out enough to cover yourself if she dashes into you as well. If you clip her with your E and you have your stacks you 100% win, try to use your W on her CC (either predict her W or react to her 3rd q). After 6 the lane gets a bit bloodier, you can use minions to avoid her abilities and kite out her shield, never ever Q her shield if you can help it, its 1.5 seconds to wait out, dont let her get value out of it. To open up post 6 try to have your passive stacked or will have it stacked when you go in and ult her. If she avoids your E you can still beat her. You can continue to fight her the same way however I would avoid fighting her after 2 items if you are not ahead of her.”
Time1Save says “A strong champion at any time of the game, try to give your team as much help as you can. After 6 LVL in a duel, you will probably never have a chance.”
joelspaho121 says “Similar to renekton.d shield start with bone plating on resolve.aftershock works well too.riven has a lot of mobility on her kit which makes it extremely hard to deal with her.rushing steelcaps is a great idea as riven players try to sneak auto attacks during trades in between their abilities to deal extra damage.respect her all in and only look to fight her while her q is down.post 6 it gets a little rough so look to build an advantage earlier on.”
Embracing says “Wins duels vs you and can chase you down, but has extremely poor clear which you can punish. Don't waste spells on her shield and play to range and punish if she wastes abilities to gapclose. ”
Manzey says “The Riven match-up is fairly easy if you play the early game correctly, you just have to be good at picking out the gold cards at the right time, every time Riven are going to do her combo on you, simply just gold card Q her and back away.”
NaCLBait says “Try to keep distance to force her to blow abilities to engage. Look to interrupt her abilities with r or q. If you don't build bramble she will win fights late guaranteed.”
Mordekaiserrrrrrr says “Riven is an easy opponent, but she is a little tough at levels 1-2. however, for the rest of the game she isn't too tough. Be careful though, if you play stupid and get ganked and killed a few times, Riven can really snowball and wreck you.”
TangoVallhala says “You are similar characters, she is just in better spot than Aatrox. Try bullying her pre 6 with pokes, full combos, but dont take long trades she has a better Q cooldown, and because the way her passive works she will do more damage close range. At 6 she easily kill if she combos you, so try to jump the gun on her first.”
LoL destroyer says “Riven can be a pain early game. She can jump around and shield herself, your best bet is to bait her into using her jump and shield, then pull her with E and slam her with Q. ”
SnarkyAlpaca says “Ban Riven every single game. I'm not going to even list a counter-play to her, just ban her. She has such a high skill-cap that if someone is good enough with her, it's nearly impossible to play against her. I climbed to Plat 4 after I just perma-banned her every game.”
Penguinoverlord1 says “She can use the third activation of her Q to jump over your walls so don't wall her in the midst of a Q combo. Try not to all in on riven when she has her ult up as it usually can kill all your grunts and deal big damage to you and your maiden.”
EternalBadPlayer says “If you play vs a really good Riven she can easily outtrade you and even kill you. Her shield and stun and dashes are annoying so you should play aggro lvl 1 and then play passive. Late game you should destroy her. Just dont loose laning faze.”
Seba846b says “She can be up at you at all times making it so hard to land crit Q
She also has way more mobility that makes it hard to get a W pull of”
Liko888 says “fuck riven. the riven lane is even more volatile than the camile lane. shell try and all in you level 3 if she has ignite. keep vigilant and always be prepared to get flashed on. This matchup is winnable depending on Rivens skill level. Generally whoever manages their CD's the best wins. Aatrox has the ability to keep her at bay. Riven has amazing gank assist as well. ”
A2Tap says “Riven can take short trades and get away with it. Or she can take long trades and win. The best that you can do as Yasuo, is to try to avoid her Q and W by dashing. After level 6, she is able to oneshot you. ”
YoungTact says “Abuse Lane Harass combo and play passive til level 2. Take W level 2 and always look to W her 3rd Q because that is the one that cc's you. Vid here:
https://youtu.be/D5ojQ4PTD4U”
qasddsa says “Skill matchup. Take Press the Attack so you'll be able to trade back with her & burst.
With PtA, you can scare her off pre-3 and get some easy damage off before she gets all her skills. You'll want to go W max second (or put a few points into it during laning phase) to sustain and get the movement speed to kite her.
In lane, the moment she starts using her Q + E to move towards you, you want to immediately step back with W and Q and wait for her to turn to trade back.”
Fluddah says “She beats you early really hard, just try not to get hit by her Q's and autos, and farm to 6 and when she dives you under tower just Ult > auto > E > Q and should be a free kill. ”
ERNESTSAURUS says “CONQUEROR / SPELLBOOK SETUP - CLOTH ARMOR + 4 POTS =
Riven matchup is usually determined of how skilled the Riven player is. In laning phase you must respect her, she is really strong lvl 1, look to bait her Q so she hits the whole wave and there for it will push towards you, sometimes Riven players go for Tiamat but usually they are somewhat similar to Aatrox in their build path but even harder since they want to have as much CDR as possible early on. You must respect her early on since she has insane ammount of damage and she can stack Conqueror super quickly due to the huge ammount of autoattack resets she has with all 3 of her Basic Abillities. Once you hit lvl 6 and Sheen you can start looking for short trades since Riven doesn't have as much sustain as Nasus if she overcommits to the trade with all her cooldowns you can kill her. When she's going in, you must look at her Blade, if it is lightning up and it becomes bigger, it means that she casted her R therefor she gains a lot of damage, so as soon as she overcommits to you and you see her blade shinning up, look to ult as fast as possible. Once you get 2-3 Items you already outscaled her unless she has a lot of kills. In this matchup i recommend going Conqueror since it will help you outank her damage via lifesteal and Ghost is a must go if you want to kill her. Later on to the game, its really depedant on how ahead are you of Riven and how the enemy team composition is, usually its better to splitpush since she has a decent ammount of damage and CC and Aoe spells without considering her team.”
SkellyBirb says “If she starts dashing to engage, charm her and run. Else you can just poke her and all in once she is low and has burned some abilties.”
SubHuman Filth says “Get grasp or electrocute.
Riven is all about all ins. You need to poke her down a bit and get seekers early. You shroom the wave and ignite her and you should win the all in, if you poked her down.
DO NOT GET CLOSE, she will destroy you if she gets on you lvl 3-5”
Grayified says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ghost + Flash or Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start or Dorans Blade start. As far as deciding between ghost or ignite, be honest with yourself. Are the riven players at your elo kiting you enough to the point you need the ghost? Or can you get successful allins because they waste their cooldowns going into you so you can use nimbus cloak from ignite to stick to them. Tryndamere is stronger then riven in level 1 and level 2 allins (as long as riven doesnt have ignite), BUT only when you play it well. You want to build up fury before engaging a trade versus Riven and you want to avoid taking small trade damage while building up fury, once you have built over 25% fury is usually when you can be aggressive and look for a trade. Riven players that know the matchup will typically play back after you have built up fury so what you want to do is get level 2 advantage by pushing in the wave and then pushing the second wave completely into turret so that the wave "bounces" back to you (pushes back towards you.) If you couldn't find a good trade into riven on the first two waves just play back and safe until the wave crashes back into your turret. You can walk up and auto minions as its pushing back to you, but if she looks to trade then just walk up and spin away from the minion (while killing it to get the farm.) In this matchup you want to make sure you are always trading with minion advantage and that you are in a good position in lane to force an extended trade. Riven will win all short trades (played correctly) so Tryndamere must look for extended trades. On Riven's first back she will most likely pick up a CDR item which will allow her to extend her Q. What extending her q means, is that if she uses her Q, and waits till the very last second to use her 2nd and third q's then she can go instantly right into another set of q's. This is very powerful against tryndamere and will provide really good burst and/or allow her to disengage after trading. Spots where Tryndamere can punish Riven is purely how the Riven player uses her cooldowns. If she does not extend her q enough then there will be a longer cooldown until she can use her set of 3 dashes again. If you notice riven use her w or e without it being a trade on you, you can look for a trade. Every trade you must be willing to all in with ghost if you see an opportunity to run her down. In the mid-late game duels against Riven are all about if you can stick onto her and force the allin, and the way Riven wants to win is by bursting you to force your ultimate then kite away. Tryndamere's Ghost + CDR will help him all in a riven but must pick a good spot preferably with rageblade stacked as well as full fury and ghost ready. If you are winning against Riven look to pressure her hard, and potentially look for dives under her turret. If you are losing, look to push out waves and rotate to other waves, jungle camps, or flank opportunities.”
Pyroen says “It is tough to hit anyone who has a lot of built in dashes and mobility with your E. But she is rather squishy as long as she doesn't have a fully stacked Conqueror so call for ganks, she plays very aggressive and will often be out of position.”
Nabura says “The epitome of all spacing matchups. If she uses enough spells to close the gap, she'll lack the damage to actually kill you. Smarter Rivens will delay their Q to use 2 sets of Q spells to stick onto you. You may need to R her 3rd Q as Rivens Q3 > W > R can kill you from a pretty high threshold”
STIERNACKENTYP says “This Matchup depends on the enemy Riven. If she is a really good Riven OTP, u probably will have a hard lane since she will bait ur W/barrel with her low cooldowns and all in u hard. Try to harass her as much as possible early pre 6 and play defensive after. If she comes ahead, Rush Ninja tabis, avoid fights and get a GA soon.”
EntxRecoil says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ghost + Flash or Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start or Dorans Blade start. As far as deciding between ghost or ignite, be honest with yourself. Are the riven players at your elo kiting you enough to the point you need the ghost? Or can you get successful allins because they waste their cooldowns going into you so you can use nimbus cloak from ignite to stick to them. Tryndamere is stronger then riven in level 1 and level 2 allins (as long as riven doesnt have ignite), BUT only when you play it well. You want to build up fury before engaging a trade versus Riven and you want to avoid taking small trade damage while building up fury, once you have built over 25% fury is usually when you can be aggressive and look for a trade. Riven players that know the matchup will typically play back after you have built up fury so what you want to do is get level 2 advantage by pushing in the wave and then pushing the second wave completely into turret so that the wave "bounces" back to you (pushes back towards you.) If you couldn't find a good trade into riven on the first two waves just play back and safe until the wave crashes back into your turret. You can walk up and auto minions as its pushing back to you, but if she looks to trade then just walk up and spin away from the minion (while killing it to get the farm.) In this matchup you want to make sure you are always trading with minion advantage and that you are in a good position in lane to force an extended trade. Riven will win all short trades (played correctly) so Tryndamere must look for extended trades. On Riven's first back she will most likely pick up a CDR item which will allow her to extend her Q. What extending her q means, is that if she uses her Q, and waits till the very last second to use her 2nd and third q's then she can go instantly right into another set of q's. This is very powerful against tryndamere and will provide really good burst and/or allow her to disengage after trading. Spots where Tryndamere can punish Riven is purely how the Riven player uses her cooldowns. If she does not extend her q enough then there will be a longer cooldown until she can use her set of 3 dashes again. If you notice riven use her w or e without it being a trade on you, you can look for a trade. Every trade you must be willing to all in with ghost if you see an opportunity to run her down. In the mid-late game duels against Riven are all about if you can stick onto her and force the allin, and the way Riven wants to win is by bursting you to force your ultimate then kite away. Tryndamere's Ghost + CDR will help him all in a riven but must pick a good spot preferably with rageblade stacked as well as full fury and ghost ready. If you are winning against Riven look to pressure her hard, and potentially look for dives under her turret. If you are losing, look to push out waves and rotate to other waves, jungle camps, or flank opportunities.”
CensoredMercy says “Dodging Riven as Irelia is advised, as if you play against an experienced Riven, they will take advantage of every oppurtunity Irelia gives to simply E>R and all in. This includes 0 stacks, E down, W down, R down, Q down, 1 Stack, 2 Stacks, 3 Stacks, and very often 4 stacks if you are too close without a Q reset.”
Darrkescru says “Runas : Grasp ou Aery
Não trocar com ela lvl 1, depois do lvl 2 sempre que ela ir para cima vai recuando e pokeando usando AA + Q nunca deixe ela se aproximar muito se ela colar em você quando ela for começar a combar AA + Q + AA + Q + AA + Q tenta usar sua cegueira para negar o maior numero possível de AA
Rushar : Tabi , Nashor ou Liandry's
(riven = cadeirante)”
ZergDood says “The hardest this matchup can be at even levels is while you're at level 1 (she has an advantage). Try to kill 7 minions before her and take W level 2. Whenever she Q's, try to take on the 3rd Q with your W (Good Riven players won't go and spam her Q's, they have combos and baits and you'll have to react to it instead of "predicting"), this way you're avoiding CC and starting a good trade. She has another dash that gives her a shield. You can play around that and go for more harass with your Q. Remember to play out of her range, and you should be fine. This is an ideal matchup for Poppy. Your W stops her dashes (all of them, really).”
qazx1427 says “Her final Q can ignore your wall, and all of her dashes make it a pain to keep her in place. However, if you do get to lock her down, she can be dealt with fairly easily. Just be careful and don't let her full-combo you.”
Ayanleh says “The better player wins. Shes pretty squishy and if shes good she will animation cancel pretty well and do huge damage to you but if you play it clever you can destroy her early and outscale her later in the game.”
HIGH TEST TOP88 says “Depends on the riven player, if she's good she plays safe until lvl 3 and takes short trades, if shes back she tries to fight you lvl 1 and she dies.
Tabi is quite good here but not necessary as a rush.
You can cancel her third Q with your R to prevent it from going off, good in an allin.
Take armor.”
ChaseMorePlz says “One of Riven's toughest matchups. Her only chance is to rely on her jungler or outplay and kill you early. After you get a few items and hit 6, you can destroy her especially since she can't use her Crowd Control all of the time (abbreviated for CC, for the seconds you are unable to cast your abilities) since you can cast your "R", you can become invulnerable to those types of abilities for a short amount of time.”
Twist21 says “Riven has great early game , don't fall behind , get as much cs as possible and outscale her.You win this matchup by winning sidelane in the mid to late game.”
Twist21 says “She is a high mobility champion so you won't be able to run her down the lane.You win 1v1 after bork so just farm the item and then roam around the map if she doesnt waste her cooldowns.”
wallobear53 says “Keep a track of her Q charge count as the third one is the most dangerous for you and will CC you if she manages to hit you with it. She can easily extend the duration of her CC with her W, so make sure you dodge her third Q charge.
Don’t get too close to her in the lane as she can easily E onto you and the W you to CC you immediately, followed by dishing out a ton of damage with her Q and Auto-Attacks.
Once she gets her Ultimate, her dueling potential skyrockets and you don’t want to be fighting her while you are too low on health and lack some form of mobility or damage mitigation. Fighting her when her Ultimate is down will give you a much better chance of winning a duel.
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laoshin3v3 says “If Riven uses her gapclosers on minions to farm u can punish her, but be careful about her low cooldowns. If she reaches you then you are doomed.”
ClanBlade says “As you can tell, there is a common trend. Aatrox doesn't do well into mobile champs as it makes it hard to land his abilities. Riven is one of them as her Q and E make her very mobile and almost impossible for the W chains to proc. The only reason why she isn't on the top of this list is because she doesn't have an ability similar to Fiora and Irelia W. To counter her Q E backwards if she tries to Q into you.”
M.P.C says “If she tries to engage you, back away and use your Q and E to punish her, thanks to both your secondary runes you can basically out sustain her during the early game and at the same time you can zone her from getting any CS without fear.”
Fiora Pogjet says “THis matchup is skillbased. She can go for short trades, stun you and dash out. You should try to prarry her last q jump or her W if she goes for a trade, becausethen you win every trade / fight. Lvl 6 you have to care about not getting one shotted from a big combo so use your prarry early and not too late. Then you will be able to win the fight with your ult.”
Teemain says “She is a prick. She can easily outmanuver you. Her shield is broken. Your ultimate won't work well unless you can flawlessly pull out your combo with her Flash already gone and it's a lvl situation AND her health is already low (and yours must NOT be low cuz her Ultimate is kinda like yours...)”
Teemain says “She is a prick. She can easily outmanuver you. Her shield is broken. Your ultimate won't work well unless you can flawlessly pull out your combo with her Flash already gone and it's a lvl situation AND her health is already low (and yours must NOT be low cuz her Ultimate is kinda like yours...)”
NullPC says “Riven is tricky a good riven destroys everyone and reminds you why one tricks can make it to challanger. A bad one will die repeatedly and get you unbelivable fed. Overall dont underestimate her levle 6 damage and play around her long cooldowns early.”
Stiwy says “She is really predicatble due to her kit.
Her first five levels aren't a big deal for you and if you can predict her you can get some kills.
From level 6 watch out for her ult because it has a huge burst potential.
When you get to mid/late game it should be easy to kill her and survive.
Start with D.Blade to be even more aggressive in early levels.”
9690 says “D-Blade. Only trade with your shield up but don't let her stun you or you lose the fight. You only win fights pre-3 honestly, after that point its over. Once she is level 3 only fight when she has w and e down. Even level 6 she can beat you if you play it incorrectly. Buffs make her even worse to play against! Take Conq.”
gsaeyx says “Go full tank otherwise you get assfucked by her 12-inch sword. You lose trade if she has e, cant charge q if she has q/w, cant do shit if she has 45% cdr. If she's actually good she can dive you and not lose any health. FF15 if that's the case. Only trade back when she used all her spells, because then she's a sitting duck.”
Hypnosa says “be the one who starts the fight. if you be knockupped you can lose serious health even your life after she reaches level 6. But it's skill matchup after all.”
photonvizer says “riven is a very hard matchup because shes so mobile make sure to try and chip her out before you go for the all in because she can kill you a lot faster than you can kill her”
Kingarthur720 says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ghost + Flash or Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start or Dorans Blade start. As far as deciding between ghost or ignite, be honest with yourself. Are the riven players at your elo kiting you enough to the point you need the ghost? Or can you get successful allins because they waste their cooldowns going into you so you can use nimbus cloak from ignite to stick to them. Tryndamere is stronger then riven in level 1 and level 2 allins (as long as riven doesnt have ignite), BUT only when you play it well. You want to build up fury before engaging a trade versus Riven and you want to avoid taking small trade damage while building up fury, once you have built over 25% fury is usually when you can be aggressive and look for a trade. Riven players that know the matchup will typically play back after you have built up fury so what you want to do is get level 2 advantage by pushing in the wave and then pushing the second wave completely into turret so that the wave "bounces" back to you (pushes back towards you.) If you couldn't find a good trade into riven on the first two waves just play back and safe until the wave crashes back into your turret. You can walk up and auto minions as its pushing back to you, but if she looks to trade then just walk up and spin away from the minion (while killing it to get the farm.) In this matchup you want to make sure you are always trading with minion advantage and that you are in a good position in lane to force an extended trade. Riven will win all short trades (played correctly) so Tryndamere must look for extended trades. On Riven's first back she will most likely pick up a CDR item which will allow her to extend her Q. What extending her q means, is that if she uses her Q, and waits till the very last second to use her 2nd and third q's then she can go instantly right into another set of q's. This is very powerful against tryndamere and will provide really good burst and/or allow her to disengage after trading. Spots where Tryndamere can punish Riven is purely how the Riven player uses her cooldowns. If she does not extend her q enough then there will be a longer cooldown until she can use her set of 3 dashes again. If you notice riven use her w or e without it being a trade on you, you can look for a trade. Every trade you must be willing to all in with ghost if you see an opportunity to run her down. In the mid-late game duels against Riven are all about if you can stick onto her and force the allin, and the way Riven wants to win is by bursting you to force your ultimate then kite away. Tryndamere's Ghost + CDR will help him all in a riven but must pick a good spot preferably with rageblade stacked as well as full fury and ghost ready. If you are winning against Riven look to pressure her hard, and potentially look for dives under her turret. If you are losing, look to push out waves and rotate to other waves, jungle camps, or flank opportunities.”
BloodyDream81 says “Match qui nécessite de solide connaissance de Darius et de Riven, vraiment pas évident, et très dépendant du niveau de la Riven.
Il y a tout de même plusieurs astuces pour que ce soit gagnable. Premièrement, essaie d'utiliser ton E, sur son troisième A, tu éviteras ainsi les dégâts et le bump, c'est une des clefs de la victoire ! Ensuite, saute sur la moindre occasion où riven utilise mal ses sorts pour la punir.
Si elle ne connait pas le match up, tu peux prendre ton Z niveau 1, et lui faire perdre énormément de vie !
Respecte énormément son niveau 6, elle peut littéralement te 100% a 0% en quelques secondes si tu utilises mal tes sorts ! Apprend à anticiper ses sorts, et impose ton rythme et cela reste jouable.
Astuce : Tabi ninja et Bramble vest font un excellent combo contre Riven et faciliteront ta lane.”
Dantheman81 says “Riven can do a lot of damage to you at all levels and can escape a lot of your damage. Just be smart and attack her after she uses he Q when you have your ultimate up and you should be able to kill her. Play very safe and smart and try not to give her an early lead.”
Darrkescru says “CADEIRANTE, que bonequinho bacana, Riven tem um cancelamento de animação de auto atack "justo" então quando ela for começar a te dar AA > Q > AA > Q, usa sua cegueira que vai counterar bastante parte do dano dela, use impeto e manto de nimbus, espera ela gastar suas skills para se aproximar de você e então proque impeto e começa a caitar ela”
Angela du Seithr says “Avec son récent buff, Riven reprend du poil de la bête et n'a pas besoin de beaucoup d'objets pour dominer. Elle fait très mal et a une forte mobilité à ne pas sous-estimer.”
Alzeidx says “Quite easy if you play it smart, when your rage is full, you can outrade her in early, dont let her farm too much as it will be becoming harder for you.
You should be able to wreck her early, I consider it as one of the easiest match ups.
Go PTA”
TotallyEclipse says “Riven will short trade you and dodge your E constantly. If you're low she'll 1 shot you. Stay away from level 1 bush cheese, if she knows what you're doing you're fucked, play to outscale”
JuarezLOL says “its a very hard match up because you need to save your spells and wait for her to use and come to you
in that moment you can all in her and get a good chunk of her hp”
MateuszNH says “Skill matchup in your favor
Your lvl 1 is stronger, if she doesn't kite you too hard you mostly win and you scale better, don't try to engage on her though, rather punish her mistakes and outfarm.”
ACE4291 says “broken hero even though
you can bully her and you win fights..
dont go too aggro since she can get away easy if you miss your Q
but poke her out of lane with your Q. ”
report singed ty says “Riven is pretty hard to deal with. Your W prevents her abilities which sounds like an easy counter, but in practice you won't get many good disables on her and she will just outdamage you. Play it smart and you can still win the lane though and even some trades once you have ult.
RIven players DO get tilted out of their minds and its not just a meme, so if you win 1 fight enjoy yourself as she keeps throwing herself onto you and giving you more gold then ragequits after saying something about how your champion is stupid.”
Sq_09 says “She is very mobile and able to stick onto you once she gets close. Her stun and knockup are powerful tools to stay closer and her E can make her able to close up. Once she is on you, you are probably dead, but you can still poke carefully but always be weary. ”
WatchersGrim says “Riven is like zed in a way. Will try to do early burst so just farm it out and do small trade off's with her. Other than that you get full passive and she is an easy pick off.”
Kingarthur720 says “riven is a busted champion who will beat graves no matter what, you lack the escape to void her 4 gapcloser and her long range execute. Just play safe, hope and pray to rngesus that matchmaking put you up against a bad riven otherwise you won't be able to win lane ”
VIP Titan says “Honestly, I can't imagine how easy it is to beat her. With her Q and E cool down increases. She isnt really a threat.
Remember no Q riven has got no burst. Riven got low base health so 3 Es and she will be dead in level 5.
Remember MAX E not Q! ”
ShaharKarisi says “You can render her completely useless in the early game and establish a lead. Make sure to transfer your lead to mid lane too so Riven can't farm off-lane and close the gap.”
Subject3 says “rivens engage and disengage is weaker compared to renektons, bait their abilities then slow, once their slowed they cant run far no matter how much they jump away with their abilities.”
Starci says “She has a LOT of cc so it will be hard for you to move, but it will also be easy for you to parry one of them in order to stun her. If she's good thought and she doesn't stun you when you parry, she can easily kill you.”
Discord Rengar Mains says “Frustrating matchup for the most part, you can pressure her heavily from the very early game but from level 3 onwards she will just dash away from everything you throw at her. Early is in your favor, however if she gets to level 6 without any problems she can start wrecking your shit, and she gets more annoying the longer the game goes on. If you do manage to snowball however she will be left behind into the dirt and have a hard time coming back into the game, which you have to abuse in order to end it early.
Ignite works fine for the early game threat. You can go either grasp or conqueror, the former to secure the early game win and / or go stasis, the second one if you just want to duel her at any point in the game.”
Gwndimi says “skilled match up every path is do able
to be save go with grasp
rush redemption + ninja tabi
with ignite you can snowball her
but if you fall behind well ye.... gg”
Itreallyhim says “HeheXD Skill matchup, Just do short trades, Shes mobile and quick yeah, But you can destroy her if you play right, Your shield is better and your damage overall.
You can Ult her Ult wave (Requires insane timing)
She can cancel your Ult channel.”
LycheeMochigome says “Skill matchup, you can cancel riven's third q with your q pull but if you still even when she's 6, she has a chance at killing you ”
GreeN1337 says “Really really annoying to fight against. This matchup also depends on the skill heavily. With Your jungler it's easy kill before level 6 but later into the game you have less and less chances to 1v1 her.”
Nicklstherealone says “RIVEN LIKES TO SHORT TRADE IN THE EARLY. SO DONT FIGHT HER TILL LVL 6. SHE IS ALSO AN CHAMPION THAT OFTEN NEEDS GANKS SO WARD WELL! TIP: IF SHE Q Q Q AND DASH AWAY JUST W + E HER AND KEEP CHASING. IF YOU WONT CATCH HER. YOU SCARED HER AND FARM THE MINIONS THEN. ”
ShinyEmo says “Use your Q for dodging her 3rd Q and use your W for reducing her ults damage. Generally freeze the lane. She will play aggressive, but her damage is no match of yours. Punish her if she plays aggressive. ”
MFNahde says “Riven, like anyone who can get in your face and is strong early has good kill pressure on you. Don't shove the wave too far and try not to overheat when her combo is up, bait her into fighting in your minions early on, but make sure she has to use a Q1 & Q2 to get to you, or you lose the trade. Seekers->Tabi. Smart trades and you can win this matchup”
Loki029 says “You Counter the whole Champion itself. She can t cc you if you silence her. just don t ult if her shield is up. Riven has a great mobility, enjoy silencing her... (HINT: Use w when she sults you at low hp to get the escape a great sucsess)”
AkenoSenpai says “For this match up it can be hard to hit certain abilities (E specifically), but there is a window where u can hit it pretty easly which is when Riven is casting her 3rd Q as it leaves her stuck in her Q animation not allowing her to dodge asside. If u all in her and hit ur abilities u should be winning into her”
TrollingSmurfGr says “Very much a skill matchup. Riven's third Q can be repelled by a well-timed Flay. If mistimed, it will still hit you and you'll be knocked back. Clever use of Riven's stun can guarantee you get hit by the third Q, however, so make sure you carefully use distance. Sometimes Flaying away won't be the answer. Stuns do NOT stop your Q animation, so if you predict a stun, use your own one to minimise her advantage. There's a lot to learn here, so best to learn by just playing.”
Thr3shPrinc3 says “This is purely a skill matchup. In my opinion it is one of the more fun lanes to play in since it challenges you a lot, but you can still win the lane. You can cancel out Riven's third Q and stop her from knocking you up. This will be crucial to you winning fights with her. Since she is still a melee champ you can poke her out of lane and get a gold lead with minions and turret plating. If the Riven is really good with her champion she can still kill you by timing her W stun so that she ensures her third Q and by mitigating your poke through using her E. The more you play in this lane, the more likely you will be to win. ”
ForgottenProject says “You win Level 1 IF SHE GOES ONTO YOU FIRST
Be careful for minion aggro
Parry 3rd Q or Predict W
DON’T walk up when Parry is on cooldown
She is very hard to deal with if she gets a few kills, be careful
After level 5, if you both don't have R, you win.”
Gunford says “Riven is very scary with her lvl 2 cheese and her lvl 6 powerspike. Try to avoid to get hit by her Q, W Combo. Play around her cooldowns and you will win this lane. She isnt tanky and you will outscale her.”
TymekOne says “Riven after they fixed Aatrox passive bug (didn't healed him if enemy was shielded) isnt such a threat. Just dont take the lvl 1 fight with her because she is the strongest lvl 1 champion.”
66lew says “Once she QEW or in range of doing so TF is dead and pulling out Zhonyas as won't save TF. Hence must be careful with Riven especially in top lane because of the hunger is called and she gets kill the rest of the game TF is bullied.”
Braddik says “Riven will short trade you and dodge your E constantly. If you're low she'll 1 shot you. Stay away from level 1 bush cheese, if she knows what you're doing you're fucked, play to outscale”
Trial_By_Barrel says “People constantly think that Riven is good against Gangplank, but the truth is her W is orange-able. You can poke her with your Q and land barrels if she doesn't dash away.”
Pedrokis says “Se o cara for MUITO BOM você apanha, mas de resto é só jogar com a cabeça. / Não deixa ela grudar muito em você, guarda o terceiro Q pra quando ela for pra cima e você não tiver tão grande. / Já que o seu W tem muito cooldown, não compensa você tentar iniciar muito doido com ele caso ela ainda tenha Q e E. - Isso vai fazer com que você gaste o W atoa, que tem aproximadamente uns 22s de cooldown, e deixe difícil de você ganhar uma troca longa. / Se você bater pra caramba nos minions das primeiras waves e tiver de ignite, você pode bater bastante nela no early, dar ignite e forçar flash, TP, ou pegar um first blood e sair na vantagem de gold. - Só tome cuidado pra não ficar muito low life, visto que ela pode simplesmente dar TP e recuperar a vantagem. / Quando vocês 2 tiverem ult up, é bom que você esteja perto ou já tenha seu Caulfield e Cetro Vampírico (forçando kill pra cima dela antes do 6).”
Pickle Pick says “She's a lane bully but Ornn can sometimes win against OK rivens. Good rivens don't let Ornn do much because Riven always wins trades.”
Daedralus says “Surprisingly, not that difficult of a matchup. If you use your Q to latch, you can even dodge her ult by going behind her. You can catch any of her dashes, and are also immune to her 3rd Q if you can Q with good timing. Your E drastically reduces her burst, and your ult simply brings your entire HP back to you. She can still kill you if you do a mistake however, but with these tips mentioned, you will be fine if you can follow. You also dominate her at mid-game when you have 2 items completed. ”
VicGal96 says “Frustrating matchup for the most part, you can pressure her heavily from the very early game but from level 3 onwards she will just dash away from everything you throw at her. Early is in your favor, however if she gets to level 6 without any problems she can start wrecking your shit, and she gets more annoying the longer the game goes on. If you do manage to snowball however she will be left behind into the dirt and have a hard time coming back into the game, which you have to abuse in order to end it early.”
Split King says “When I first started playing Shen I had a hard time against Riven. But now I kinda like laning against her. Do not engage on her with e if her ultimate is ready. Farm and wait for her to use her abilities to engage. You can then fight her and outtrade her, or dash away if it goes south.”
ozmankaan says “Good riven is a prob bt keep that in mind it is rare too. plus u can cancel her combo with ur disdain, just dont give her early kill otherwise u will lose, keep on AA while she farm, n whenever u get chance go for ur full combo ( Q -> E -> W -> R )”
Split King says “The hardest matchup in my opinion. Blind is your friend here, as it can greatly reduce her ability to all-in you. But her insane mobility, shield, and cc are very hard to deal with. Do not try to win this lane, focus instead on staying even with her. ”
BeautifulWinter says “I really like going against Rivens. Once you hit 6 you can actually bully them however do not throw your E out willy nilly as they will chase you down and murder you.”
Mysterious Spoof says “Unless the riven is bad, she can always go positive in a 1 for 1 trade by patiently waiting out your e and then trading with her q-q-q-w-e”
Big Belly Bop says “All in, shields, mobility. Play very passive and ask for ganks. Poke when grasp is up and try to get as much stacks/CS as possible. E out and W for the root and get some autos off. Flash + TP/Barrier/Exhaust, Doran's Blade + 1 HP, Survivability rune page.”
ExfIamed says “Now this matchup depends on the player, if its a riven whos played riven before you basically auto lose and shouldn't really attempt to fight unless she engages on you first, riven has NO counterplay whatsoever so be careful, you CAN win but its rough, you have to e first cause of the shield, w her stun and then Q and run away fast cause by that point all her abilities are refreshed cause riot thought it was a good idea to give a manaless champ insanely damage and no cooldowns with no counterplay.”
9690 says “Tabis, tabis, tabis. Can't emphasize how important it is in this match up. Riven trades into us fairly well, this is a skill match up that might even be slightly Riven favored. Be careful of her trades pre 6 and her all in potential once she has R. We should be able to out trade her post 6 and have a slightly better all-in. With tabis you should win when you ult. Try to bait out her E before trading.”
Loevely says “Another Fiora like matchup. Grasp tilts it into your favor but once she's 6 she has real kill potential on you. If she starts Q and uses it to kill minions, abuse her. ”
Gospodin Bure says “This one is painful, but if you keep your distance, and a barrel under your feet at all times you can maybe go even in lane, try to avoid getting dove and wait for late game when you can just blow her up before she even gets into melee range.”
ENX Kai says “Good broken wings always a problem. High damage and manaless. Big out-play potential and can snowball real hard. Pay extra attention at Lv6 as she can kill you with full combo. Never dive a turret vs Riven.”
ShaWalKro says “Definitely keep your distance in lane against Riven. Her mobility and ability to burst you down is much greater then the speed and small shield you get from your W.”
LuxIsMyCrush says “well that can be even very good or terrible, based on how good the riven is, and when riot will understand the balance not mean making every champion overpowered, you can't do anything against a main-onetrick riven unless they are extremly greedy and decide to dive you, in which case they had a good chance to do it and escape alive.
Ahem anyway, rush Zhonya (later explain exactly what parts of it to rush against hard matchups in order get max benefits all steps of lane from it)”
Defensivity1 says “Against a riven always go with the grasp page she can deal a lot of burst damage, whenever she hits you with a q dash or comes in range for you to q her use q to proc grasp on her so you win those trades or atleast trade even, always throw your ghouls at her whenever the opportunity is there and care for her level 6 all in, if you dont have a big hp lead she could potentially start all inning you with her jungle.”
Wish7 says “Starting she is a major threat when u feed her, if safe game is always a bonus for you, mind that u will get ganked if you are in a vulnerable position.”
Quezel says “Skill matchup weighted towards riven if they are good at her. Her short trades are much better then you early on as she can cancel your auto attacks making it hard to proc your passive as well as disengage easily but you win all in if you arent chunked before hand and her sustain is bad so your poke is very meaningful. When she goes to use her third q use your e to pull her behind you and ult her. Matchup becomes harder once she gets CDR as she can kite you out during r easily.”
Ends says “Majorly outmaneuvers you and can utilize her many dashes to avoid your W and escape any dangerous scenario so you will almost never be able to kill her”
SNOBOY says “Don't die early. Save your q for when she starts jumping towards you, or when she burns her shield so that you can poke. She is pretty squishy early, and if you can not die pre 6 you have a good chance.”
mightydylan101 says “Riven is extremely annoying as she can just jump onto you and stun as you are super squishy she can easily kill you in a combo mid game. Be sure to play safe and not to overextend. ”
ProgettoYorick says “Riven is tough, don't get hit too many times in early, wait for 6 to have a better chance of defeating her.
With her the farm is feasible.
OTP tip: give priority to the ninja tabbi, a mistake against her and you risk ruining the top lane.”
Greekamol says “COmplete skill matchup. Parry her 3rd q when she goes into you and make sure u aim w to her to stun her. If you luckily parry her w you win the fight. You hit the parry you win, otherwise you probably lose.”
Xelaadryth says “If you have low ping and fast reflexes, this matchup should go heavily in your favor. Auto-attack at max range. If she moves in to engage, Energy Ball away while landing your Q and W (with a single auto mark your ensuing stun will stop her engage) and she can't touch you. Good Rivens will fast combo their shield and knockup to chain stun you with Ki Burst, but then they'll have nothing left except autos to duel you with. Still, kite backwards since Riven's auto-attack damage is not to be underestimated. If you play optimally, Riven shouldn't be able to reach you without burning flash. You can choose to Energy Ball to evade her engage, or if you want to fight to the death, Energy Ball gives you enough tankiness to stop a lot of her burst.”
Puck333 says “Riven and Nidalee both deal a great amount of damage. Try to outplay her with great moves. Especially the Spear, Flash, Pounce trick is great against her.”
Karnan says “The one who has something to prove in the matchup is Riven. Hold your abilities as long as possible and wait her E to be on CD before fighting hard. You can cancel her Q with your E if you predict it. Other than that just poke and cs. ”
AlienMV says “Just keep a safe distance from her, so long as you can avoid some of her abilities (as she will use some to close distance), you can stay healthy enough. Beware of being all in at lvl 6 if you are in the middle of the lane.”
Mr. Nyahr says “This is a skill matchup, as a bad riven is super easy to punish, but a great riven will probably walk all over you. Try and avoid her stun and keep her ult cd in mind.”
yetusek says “Lethal Tempo Runes. Ghost + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start. Tryndamere is stronger than riven in level 1 and level 2 allins (as long as riven doesnt have ignite), BUT only when you play it well. You want to build up fury before engaging a trade versus Riven and you want to avoid taking small trade damage while building up fury, once you have built over 25% fury is usually when you can be aggressive and look for a trade. Riven players that know the matchup will typically play back after you have built up fury so what you want to do is get level 2 advantage by pushing in the wave and then pushing the second wave completely into turret so that the wave "bounces" back to you (pushes back towards you.) If you couldn't find a good trade into riven on the first two waves just play back and safe until the wave crashes back into your turret. You can walk up and auto minions as its pushing back to you, but if she looks to trade then just walk up and spin away from the minion (while killing it to get the farm.) In this matchup you want to make sure you are always trading with minion advantage and that you are in a good position in lane to force an extended trade. Riven will win all short trades (played correctly) so Tryndamere must look for extended trades. On Riven's first back she will most likely pick up a CDR item which will allow her to extend her Q. What extending her q means, is that if she uses her Q, and waits till the very last second to use her 2nd and third q's then she can go instantly right into another set of q's. This is very powerful against tryndamere and will provide really good burst and/or allow her to disengage after trading. Spots where Tryndamere can punish Riven is purely how the Riven player uses her cooldowns. If she does not extend her q enough then there will be a longer cooldown until she can use her set of 3 dashes again. If you notice riven use her w or e without it being a trade on you, you can look for a trade. Every trade you must be willing to all in with ghost if you see an opportunity to run her down. In the mid-late game duels against Riven are all about if you can stick onto her and force the allin, and the way Riven wants to win is by bursting you to force your ultimate then kite away. Tryndamere's Ghost + CDR will help him all in a riven but must pick a good spot preferably with rageblade stacked as well as full fury and ghost ready. If you are winning against Riven look to pressure her hard, and potentially look for dives under her turret. If you are losing, look to push out waves and rotate to other waves, jungle camps, or flank opportunities.”
Kalrex says “Quite a good matchup for Urgot, especially because Riven mains are used to being aggressive early. However, Urgot's shotgun knees shred Riven in any trade. As long as you play smart, you win all trades pre 6. Level 6, her additional damage makes the lane even, so be prepared to outplay her R cast to win. ”
picklehater77 says “Pre-6 she's kind of a joke. Poke her down once her shield is on cooldown and shove her under her tower to start the roaming snowball.”
Nightblue33 says “Bad players I would have as a 2 because without proper combos will get wrecked. D2 and higher elo Riven players will combo correctly and be a tough matchup.
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Ze mentira says “Max: E. Rune: Grasp page.
start with doran shield, back with glacial shroud. early lane, wait your shield to start a trade with her.
//Frozen heart is a good item to fight her and bramble vest to cut your healing from conqueror.”
BearRider says “Shen is one from of best counters for Riven. Just like Volibear and Orn. Your 1st item should be Tiamat so you can farm and then Omens and Ninja Tabis. The advantage why to pick Shen and not Volibear or Orn is that you also do not need mana. Let Heil Blades to do its work and then Riven will be afraid of you. But there is a thing you should avoid and that is her ultimate. You should not fight her when your HP is very low. ”
MordeStar says “She does more damage than you at 6, don't all in her without poking her down. try to dodge her no counterplay knockup-auto-stun-dash away combo. Also good luck landing abilities. ”
Her0mars says “Annoying in high elo, beware the mobility, burst and avoid standing anywhere near your team. as zac though, you normally stick to standing far away for the long range engages / counter engages”
Hamstertamer says “She outtrades you pre 6, but that's about it. Stay at a distance so she can't get to you without a double dash. Pure physical damage is easy to itemize against.”
Atlascrower says “A good Riven destroys you. You destroy a medium or bad Riven. Thats the Trade. Everytime, take exhaust. U have the best Chances to Kill her Pre-6. Try to make it to get ahead, maybe call your Jungler.”
AsomeSonic says “her kit is countered by your w, her 3rd and most important q is easy to catch, she likes to jump walls........, but beware you are squishy pre level 6, best to fight her after you get level 3”
Jezzzir says “Try to kite and save Q for when she gets in auto range. For the duration of Q I like to stand still and just maximize your own DPS before returning to kiting. Sometimes you can bait out her gap closing abilities, allowing you to win the longer trades.”
Chromuro says “She has more damage than you nearly at every stage of the game, you have to play smartly around her. Poke her as much as you can with your Q, if she engages you start to headbutt your keyboard to unleash every skill you have. You can use your hands too, but with the head it's more funny and you'll be too dazed to tilt in case you lose lane”
Essela says “A good riven player wont even let you hit her.You can take ghost in this matchup for preventing him from kiting you.You can look for an early trade in lvl 1/2 but after that until u become lvl 6 play safe after level 6 look for trades again.”
EpicDan01 says “It is easy to underestimate how much damage Riven can do, especially at level 6, so avoid fighting her. Once you have level 11 you can start to fight her.”
Poppu says “I only say even but good Rivens are scary and even be an Extreme threat if ahead. Riven mains out trade with Q auto resets and CC plays. Save W for her third Q, dash, and after pins. If you build Tabis and Sunfire + Thornmail, you can easily stop her.”
Aizo says “This is one of my favorite matchups because you can turn most of riven's damage into just a mobility tool. If she tries to q into you just knock her away and suddenly you won the trade.”
MeliMeliDH says “Riven is just one of those annoying champions for everyone, especially for non-tanks. Luckily you are tank Karma!
I'd recommend running Ninja Tabi and Kindlegem asap in this matchup aswell. If their jungler is something with hard cc, like Elise, Jax, etc, you could also take tenacity from presicion tree as your secondary runes, along with triump.
The important thing to keep in mind is your distance. IF you stay at the edge of your AA range, she can get to you, but she has to blow all her spells.
If she uses her Q, wait until the second activation before you shield and run away.
Once she has used her third Q, immediately try to root her, and get in a couple of Auto attacks. I would recommend saving your Q until she has used shield.
If you get Glacial Shroud, Ninja Tabi and Kindlegem before she hits lvl 6, there's shouldn't be a way she can 100 to 0 you, unless she can get in auto attacks inbetween each ability cast. Still, be ware of her all in potential if you get cc'd by a jungler.”
Filepo says “Uma boa riven ganha fácil de GP,depois dos buffs do cd no E,a Riven voltou a ser uma ameaça majoritária,podendo dar EW+AA no barril e combar você muito rapido,Rivens medianas passam fome”
SoulHero says “HAHAHAHAH, MY FAVORITE MATCHUP(YOU STOMP ON HER), I have never lost solo lane to a riven and I refuse to believe I will. UPGRADE E FIRST LVL 1 YOU OUTRADE HER SO HARD. You probably get first blood if she fights or 3/4 her health bar if she flees. SHE ONLY WINS IF YOU CANT REACT TO HER POKE. Some higher elo rivens spam e q and q away just shaving off your healthbar until your low enough to die. If you flip her during this, she dies. BTW YOU CAN CANCEL HER THIRD Q OR OVERRIDE HER W STUN WITH YOUR E. ”
Vodka4Gaben says “She will play very passively however you should be able to beat her because she can't outdamage your 5 stack, just don't turret dive her.”
DrNaara says “It is tough to hit anyone who has a lot of built in dashes and mobility with your E. But she is rather squishy as long as she doesn't have a fully stacked Conqueror so call for ganks, she plays very aggressive and will often be out of position.”
Petethebossch says “Skill matchup. Try and q her as she jumps in and dodge her q's whe you can. If she wastes them on the wave then you can fight once you have sheen. If she gets ahead though then you will need a long time to outscale her.”
HarryCao says “Although Riven does not deserve to be extremely difficult to lane against. Everyone has a champion they absolutely despise and Riven is the one I hate. A good riven will utilize her Q cooldown to where it is almost always up and when you try to jump on her, she can either q away, w you then walk away, or e away. I ban her every game”
homxr says “Riven is a unique match-up, because overall it should be an easy one, because of how tanky you are, but she can bang her head against the keyboard and seriously chunk you. Don't run while she's trying to Q you, instead Q her back, and W her stun. Build like you normally would.”
Lynboe says “Ce match-up est similaire à Renekton, mais vous aller pouvoir l'outscale au bout d'un moment car votre utilité en Team fight sera bien plus importante que la sienne”
TheOsKaRoO says “Skill matchup. High mobility doesn't let you land skillshots properly, however you win most all-ins.
Be careful when you don't have R - she outscales you with her R.”
messketchup says “Early game a good Riven can beat Darius. However as the game goes on and Darius stacks armor he eventually outscales Riven really hard, so even a Riven who kills Darius 3 times in lane won't be able to 1vs1 him by the time he has 2 items.”
Angela du Seithr says “Bien qu'elle soit une des meilleurs utilisatrices de la Lance de Shojin, Riven a beaucoup de points faibles. Notamment avant le niveau 6, là où vous pouvez facilement prendre des kills. Attention à votre positionnement lors des trades et n'y allez pas sans tous vos CD et vous éviterez des morts stupides. ”
Devitt45 says “This is a skill match up for sure. Things will be a lot tougher if she knows what she is doing. The only real way to beat her is just to play really smart and farm under tower until you get an Infinity Edge. Riven also has a lot of engage and disengage, so try to fight her when she doesn't have her Q up or her E up for a shield and a dash.”
Dr.G Killa says “A good main Riven can beat a Darius, be carefull to not waste your Q, she can CC chain you and do quick trades, very boring champion. Be smart, cancel her 3RD Q with your E while she Is middle air, always desengage when she ults, ghost Is a good SS against her.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “Even though she will try to block your Q damage with her shield, you will still do damage to her. In an all in, she might be able to kill you first with her ult so play it careful. ”
Prince Afghan says “A good Riven can be a nightmare. This is my usual ban in Ranked and it should be yours unless you feel comfortable with the matchup. Riven is so easily able to kite you with her low cooldown movement abilities and once she has Essence Reaver her damage is so insane that you will die before your ghouls and Maiden can even target her. If you solo kill a Riven at any point pre level 11, that Riven is either 1. Bad or 2. Doesn't understand Yorick whatsoever, in either case if this happens continue to kill her.”
M2 Jizu says “"Skilled Matchup"
Nunca le inicies con tu E, y trata de esquivar sus básicos potenciados con tu W (recordemos que los basicos de Riven tienen mas daño cuando usa sus Q)”
MadMaster523 says “This matchup should not be that hard for Gnar. She could easily burst u down if u are in range for her combo. If u feel like she might catch go all in on you just e away. Basically, don't get too close to her and use ur q to poke her down if u can. Hit and run.”
Lil Tidepod says “Riven can be a real annoying matchup. She has a stun, a relatively easy to land knockup, lots of mobility, and can output a lot of damage. Early in the laning phase, you can probably go toe-to-toe and win most of the time, but eventually Riven will win out unless she's new to the champion. Late game, she more than likely won't be able to kill you, mid is the same, but early she really has potential to get a kill, and by early I mean until level 6. If she does get a kill, don't fight her until you've finished building a tank item or two.”
zygiux says “This is one of the most annoying/hard matchup ever don't even E to farm you will die. Wait for jungler or sit under tower because she will all in you with level 3-6. Maybe try to farm on minions with Q.”
ImpossibleLogic says “I perma ban Riven because she needs to be deleted from this game her reward for her combos is far greater than yours also when she goes in she can just perma cc you and your dead before you know it. You scale equally so if you can farm and roam that's your best option because she will win every ”
FunkySoul says “Don't let her get Conqueror stacks on you, or else you're screwed. Let her Q away! Your main goal is to scale, right? So do just that and you'll be fine.”
CoffeeDog says “Just like Aatrox, Riven's damage comes from her abilities, you are forced to play safe against her or you will have to back off too many times.”
GrGamingTeo says “Go for small q trades whenecer Grasp of the Undying is ready and look to freeze the wave. Do not go for extended trades because she will get her full combo on you and eventually kill you. Do not get over extended with riven on lane bcause she will chase you down and probably kill you.”
DrMoneybags says “Riven hasn't really ever been a problem for me personally. Top-tier rivens are probably much harder to face, but most of the time you can just take ignite and beat her fairly easily. You have the tools to follow up her mobility, and as long as you don't eat all 3 of her Q's you can out-trade her with your W early on. Just be careful once she hits level 6, she can easily execute you once you dismount. I recommend taking double dorans blade early and grabbing a Steraks and Tabis at some point to easily counter-act most of her damage.”
Big Boy Matty D says “She will beat you in level 1 / 2 trades, let her get overconfident and try to keep health topped up using corruption potion. When she all-ins level 3 bait her back to your minion line and clap her.
Post 6 it can go either way if even. If she tries to hit her 3rd Q remember that your ult can interrupt it, that's the best time to all in her.”
Qubert64 says “She has 4 ways to interupt your dash and 1 way to dodge it. Point blank or in between q spams. Rotate around her a lot and save dash when she ults so you can dodge her sweep. Generally pretty telegraphed. Especially in low elo.”
kubsak26 says “Not impossible but hard matchup. Again you need interrupt her q with yours. Fortunately you see when she start using q and she need to use it twice before stuning you so if you are not greedy there is no problem. Be careful tho if she conect to you she can kill you and it's hard to kill her when she is close because of her movement. Poking her is not easy because of her shield witch she can spam because she don't have mana. But if you will play safe and don't feed she will fade and will be weak in team fights compare to you.”
Speedy the dart says “Start doran's blade. Go ignite.
Bring aftershock. Similar matchup to renekton, but this matchup is harder because its Riven :^). Focus on hooking her before he final Q. Her E will absolutely fuck you up. A really good Riven will just auto win this matchup, its worth banning if you dislike riven.”
The_CuItivator says “Unless she is a great riven player you win this matchup hands down. Stay aggressive and you'll dominate before his item powerspikes.”
OnionMilkshake says “I perma ban Riven because she needs to be deleted from this game her reward for her combos is far greater than yours also when she goes in she can just perma cc you and your dead before you know it. you scale equally so if you can farm and roam that's your best option because she will win every 1v1
(Recommended: Conq)”
Shderen says “Even the most experienced of Riven mids haven't witnessed our strength. If she even LOOKS like she's gonna get close to you, silence her and Q her. Invest in a Rylai's, Morello and/or Zhonya's.”
FakkerJackson says “Snowball Matchup. If you give her the lead in lane you screwed the whole game. Wait for her to use her cooldowns and then trade with her.”
Khazem says “Very skill dependent matchup. Play around her gap closers with proper movement and kiting and you should be able to punish her. Look to punish heavily when her Q is down but always keep a safe distance as when she does get to you, you will take heavy damage. Build early armor for a safer experience.”
Nio161 says “Squishy - if you ult and she stays you have an instant kill, but with her jumps she is able to dodge your E well, what can be nerve-racking.”
Maverickov says “You out-damage her in everyway at level 1 and 2. Level 3 it's even, and past that she wins. Level 6 her ult is stronger than yours, as well. Unkiteable. Level 11 is where you go back to stomping her.”
TD21 says “Just like Fiora but less burst damage(you can stop Rivens QA with your blind but u cant really deal with it). Same mobility with Fiora.U can still pick Teemo if u can keep distance on your laning phase.”
Carlosm04 says “A riven é tranquila so que, cuidado da ultimate tbm, é causado pela vida perdida , mas o jax atacar muito rapido e explode ela, so tenha cuidado do level 1 e 2 dela ”
ApexDresden says “Honestly shouldn't be much of a threat, she doesn't out damage you and you can continuously poke her with Q, she'll attempt to engage you a couple of times but you win. ”
Tokor says “Riven est beaucoup trop forte en ce moment. De base je pense qu'elle vous counter beaucoup grâce à sa mobilité et son burst. Bannez là, ON LA JUGERA PLUS TARD !”
ElleryTheViking says “Unless you're up against Box Box, this lane is also incredibly free. Level 1 if he tries to harass with you Q, turn it and spam Q him, you'll force a back or take first blood, he cant out trade you. Level 3 is a big power spike in this matchup, abuse him. You need your Q though so make sure you don't throw it far away or he'll try turn on you. Post 6 his CC is useless given your ult, making it really easy to kill him. He will only win this lane if you do something stupid. If it's a stalemate in lane he will kill you late game. ”
The Lost Drawing says “La ventaja la tiene ella, pero depende mas del jugador que del campeón en si.
Prioriza cancelarle la 3 'Q' con tu 'W' o su 'E'; recuerda que ella puede hacer muchas 'plays'
Ejemplo:
>>> Te mete dos 'Q' y la 'W', lo cual teja vulnerable con su 3° 'Q'
>>> La 'R' de la mucho AD y el 'Conquistador' lo carga muy rápido (algo asi como Jayce con 'Conquistador')
>>> Si juegas con paciencia y cabeza ganas la linea, recuerda que su TF es mejor que la tuya; tiene CC en zona y te cancela facil tu 'R', por eso necesitas ser mas inteligente tanto en fase de lineas como cuando estas terminan
>>> No la dejes que se ponga 'feed'
>>> Le ganas seguro a nivel 8 a 11, pero depende de tu armado y tu armado no depende de ella sino del equipo en general
>>> Juega Riven, comprenderás mas sus ventajas y desventajas
>>> Tienes que tener varios 'matchs' con ella para poder ganar mas facil ya que por explicacion no se puede definir como ganarle, toda Riven es muy diferente en su estilo de juego mas que nada por las ventanas de combos y 'plays' que tiene el campeon”
godv4r says “BAN HER IN 9.6
IF you two are at the same skill level, there is no way you beat her starts level 3.
Bring ignite if you really want to kill her
MOST IMPORTANTLY
use your E to stop her third Q animation and dmg so you can win the fight
”
kingkang2 says “Play safe early, get armor, win at 6. What sucks is that she decides when she wants to fight you because of her million dashes to escape a fight. Not too bad of a matchup.”
Samas says “Your E denies her the use of AA resets from her q where majority of her damage comes from early game, when she is done with her combo she will usually back off since she cant pack a punch worthy to compete with jax for a few seconds while her abilities are down. Take those extended trades, stick to her while she only has her auto attacks, but dont take it too far - when she gets her abilities back up and you are still on her, you might get sent back to the fountain.”
Naniboi101 says “Riven goes head to head with Fiora. It's all about your skill with parrying the Rivens cc and her ult. Most Rivens take ignite too so thats a huge pain. ”
E61K says “Go Doran's Blade + Phase Rush + Ghost + Bone Plating and Overgrowth or Demolish. With this setup you can exploit every single mistake she makes with ease. All things aside this matchup is completely dependent on how skilled the Riven is. Chances are if you're facing a Riven who is below Diamond 2 and/or is not maining the champion she is gonna feed you. If it's a good Riven it will be harder. The key to winning this matchup is to use your E rather defensively than aggressively. To cancel her 3rd Q to be exact. If she is bad and you notice it (comes with experience) you can use it aggressively. If you struggle then rushing Tabis and then going Phage is a good way to create more room for error in this lane. Lane snowballs heavy from both sides but Riven snowballs harder since she is by far more mobile than Darius. Luckily for you almost every Riven you are gonna meet is gonna int you.”
SwiftOblivion says “Strengths: CC, Mobility, Burst Damage. Weaknesses: Squishy, No built in Sustain, Out-scaled. This matchup can go either way for both Riven and Fiora. This is truly a skill matchup for both champs. I'd give the edge to Fiora in this fight but only because of Fiora's W. Riposte is a wonderful tool in her kit and not only does it block every ability in the game, but it also redirects CC back and slows attack speed. This is where Riven gets crippled in the matchup. Fiora's W can negate Riven's 3rd Q knockup and W and CC her back. This easily turns the fight in Fiora’s favor but it’s not as easy as it seems because the Riven is probably smart enough to hold onto her 3rd Q to bait out Fiora's W. It is an excellent matchup to see due to all the mind games that go into the matchup itself. Be aware of Riven's cooldowns on her Q and W and either riposte or dodge her cc if you can. Keep track of when Riven’s 3rd Q is up and look for a punish whenever possible if she tries to 3rd Q into you.”
Miracle Matter says “One of the funnest, most exciting matchups for Splitpush Zilean. Who would have thought that Zilean vs. Riven 1v1 is a pure skill matchup?
The key here is that the lane is EXTREMELY VOLATILE. If you get one kill early, you can force her to farm under tower while you harass her out of lane. If she gets one kill early, she can one-shot you during her stun/Q3 knockup without even giving you a chance to revive. Do not let her close to you. Poke with singular bombs. If she ever tries to all-in you, double-bomb yourself, then run away as she's stunned.”
Suthafru says “Riven - you can easily poke riven from a distance she cant compete with, if she tries to move in with q you are already far enough away to escape.
you can easily zone her from cs and poke her down to force a back in the early levels”
NOH giel says “With Riven you can trade as much as you want, but she is just to fast with her abilities. When Riven is jumping around this is very irritating and hard to hit her with your E or Q.”
Hootsman says “Pre level 2, Riven can be a huge threat as she can outdamage you easily. But you can 1v1 level 2. Make sure to hold Q when her 3rd Q is about to knock you up, to nullify the CC. ”
drunken hunter says “Riven can counter Rengar pretty hard becaue she got a lot cc and low cooldowns. But you can outplay Riven, if you do it right the matches against her will be easier. In the early game you wait for her (Q) that she can use three times (the third time is the knock up) then you do the lvl 1 poke and the lvl 2/3 engage as fast as you can (dont forget to exhaust her). You use the bushes to outplay Riven - everytime she is about to trade you with her (Q), run into the next bush and jump on a minion that is far away from her. If you have the black cleaver before Riven gets it, the trades will be easier for you.”
kkiskk says “DON'T start with cloth armor. Your damage is higher than her in any level unless you die to her often. Try to poke her with you Q in lv 1 while she last hit minions. You must have a point in W at lv 2 so she won't stand a chance in dueling you. If she gets lv 6 first, be sure to back off since her damage is suddenly boosted if she use her R. Get a cloth before youmuu's.”
Daniloooo says “Ezy ur Q gives her Hell and Bait out her 3rd dash knockup at the very moment of impact hit her with your Q. U can just zone and poke her out of lane. Watch for ganks and build Tabi.”
SeaWeeb says “She can gap close extremely well and has a stun and a shield. If you get caught and try to flee post 6 she will more than likely ult and kill you. stay back and have room to flee in case she tries to close in on you.”
Sion says “She can get out of your Q easily. So just use your Q after she uses her dashes. You can win this matchup HARD if you manage to roam and comeback to lane fast. Jungle attention on her can destroy her so keep that in mind.”
hrisimiriliev says “Skill match up. Keep your distance dont get greedy for kills. Wait her to be rly low HP and set up shrooms when she try to engage.”
TSA_Exotic says “Riven vs Vayne is a matchup that I feel is in favor of whoever is better they are playing. Both have a lot of outplay potential against the other, so respect the Riven and make the most of the opportunities you are given without going too far.”
MatatuMayhem says “She has lots of gap closes and CC and with her current position in the game, she is a major threat to most people. Her ult is useful though and can change team fights. ”
BeastKing says “Don't fight her before lv 6 because if you die it's a hard lane to comeback in. If you didn't die before lv 6 you can 1 v 1 her later.”
SkullNatoR says “get your opportunity to punish her pre level 3 since you are stronger than her in 1st 3 levels, don't open windwall till level 4 since she doesn't have any projectile (except her r)
push the waves till you get 4 then start either freezing near your lane or let her push till you get 6 before her
during mid/late, if she gets GA and death dance or spear o shojen, don't 1v1 her
riven outdamages most champs during mid game due to her toxic build (BC/spear+death dance+GA)
and her strong infinite shields and gap closers
”
TheNecromancerr says “Be carefully level 1, or she will kill you. Level 3 you can fight her as well as later on, you are stronger but it is also a skill matchup.”
Proxxecube says “Similar to Camille, this can either be the easiest possible match-up, or entirely skill. So, figure out for yourself based on her movements and mechanics, and make macro decisions from there. I.e., stay under tower, call for a gank, etc. The more obviously worse they are, the more agro you can be. ”
lxl1Mago1lxl says “Pretty easy tho. Same as Irelia every time she engages she could fall in tons of our traps. But never underestimate Riven. She can easily win a trade at level 1, especially cuz she's played with ignite”
S4TAN ES MI DI0S says “It's not a good idea to pick Zilean in this situation, Riven has a lot of explosive damage and CC, and that will make you suffer because she won't give you time to ult.”
Vonhoons says “Pre level 6 you can win fights if you stay in your minion back line and make her use CD's to get to you. This is a skill matchup
However once she reaches level 6 she can just all in and one shot you. Go Iceborn if you die repeatedly”
Cstrange says “You have to be careful against Riven, try not to let her get close but if she does just wait for her abilities to run out so she retreats then follow her with your abilities. So long as you were doing damage while she was attacking you, you should be able to out damage her in the long run.”
polarehare says “Your cc won't affect her that well as her source of mobility is straight from her ability, in addition to this, she isn't really auto attack reliant. she's also got gap closers, quiet the no-no”
Joxuu says “Riven has outplay potential early, play around your mega adhesive and her shield. Should be easy if you don't get cheesed first few levels.”
Tvoi_clop says “Не попадайте под её полное комбо с Q. Воздержитесь от дайва её под башню, так как её оглушение может сильно испортить жизнь. После 6 используем стену ветра, чтобы заблокировать её R.”
Bot_Fabl says “Her shield can absord much of your damage. Play safe and don`t get tilted when you lose the early game.
In the late game you gonna win against her.”
Trixelkour says “Burns you on the dance floor as she Qs around you and deal so much damage that you'll regret shoving the lane. Play around her ability to CS. W the place where she is going for a minion and E if she gets too near. Timing is absolute key in winning against her. Get Righteous Glory early on and Rylai's/Lichbane for early kill pressure. Take Grasp or Aftershock as Rivens tend to get in your face, or Dark Harvest if you're confident.”
Swagus says “Not even a problem, but be careful with pro Rivens. But you can easily outrade her combo with yours in a matter of seconds and you can knock up her up before she slam you down with her final q.”
heyitsRainex says “She can snowball once you give her a kill. Best that you start with 1 cloth armor and 4 pots to hold your lane. Build tanky and eventually she won't be able to burst you down.”
SirDeRp25 says “Blind her when she comes in for 'Fast Combo', this denies her the damage between each auto attack. After 6 she beats you and there isn't too much counterplay. ”
E61K says “You win level 1-2 and lose after that, until you get your core, or she screws up, or you outplay her or when she is just straight up bad. She is a CD reliant champion though so trading with her when you know her abilities are on CD is a good way to get some damage in. Tabis are very good in this lane but will restrict you from killing her in lane solo. You outscale Riven. Post-6 you gotta be careful. If she is 6 and you're not 6 don't walk up. A good Riven will wait until your Q stacks are at 0 and then look to engage. Her Wind Slash is an execute and she will try to use it when you're low to get maximum damage in, which she will have to do if you rushed Tabis. Her Wind Slash can be windwalled but any decent Riven will just Wind Slash when you're CC'd from Broken Wings or Ki Burst. Do your best and disengage when she ults unless you clearly have the advantage.”
Omega best says “Depends on skills, if riven is bad you are defenetly gonna win because you will just have to wait until she wastes her dash and jump then you flip her in your minions and kill her, if she is good be careful and call for ganks, wait for the right moment when her abilities are charging then attack her. Build armor play safe and call for ganks if needed”
Beartrand says “Riven is as powerful champion if played correctly. But, in my experience laning against her, I almost always won every time. If ever she tries to all in you with her combo, you will most likely win the trade if you get to bite her. When she enters with Q, shut her down with your E. ”
Zachlikespizza says “A good riven is extremely annoying to fight against. She will continue to avoid all of your q's until she goes in for the kill. Facing against a riven is like a game of chess. Think about how she alone plays and play around this.”
Mouadyam says “you can cancel her 3rd Q with your E, avoid short trades, use ghost to stick to her so she doesnt run away, careful for her burst, early armor is helpful.”
Demon Lord AC0 says “Skill matchup. You can rush PD with Tabi. She most likely will rush Death's Dance. Her ult can be Windwalled, but it's hard to time it, plus she can cancel the animation, so be careful”
mrmundo says “Riven can be intimidating, but so are you. Pop her shield with your Q, and slow her down so she doesn't get away. Be careful when she is 6. 1 screw up, and your health is gone.”
Teemo Mochileiro says “Não fique muito avançado contra Riven, ela pode usar Flash + Ult e combar.
Abuse muito do poke e após você usar seu Q, ela virá para cima, tome cuidado.”
Skullsunderer says “She is easy to kill but the Knock up and Stun stop you from applying stacks and killing her. She has a lot of raw AD, buy armor. Apprehend her after she uses either her dash or jump to stop her from getting away.”
TheSuporter says “You are a tank that can stop dashes, thus you can stop her from using her combo, making her useless. Make sure to harass her as much as you can, make sure she gets behind and she will be useless. Watch out for ganks though because if she gets ahead she can kill you no problem.”
joelblack says “Riven is only dangerous to your Mini Form. Keeping your distance is important and always be ready to hop away. Other than that, she's super squishy and whether you go Titan or Marksman, you will kill her. If she's just amazingly good, just farm and make sure he doesn't get kills or roam. Making sure you guys are even and she doesn't get ahead makes you beat her after the laning phase. ”
Ashnard says “Riven is a skill matchup more than anything as you both share similar combos and trade patterns. She has slightly shorter cooldowns than aatrox early, but way less damage on her combo unless she autoattacks. She gets harder to deal with as she gets more cdr and levels, though you should never let her run you down without a fight.”
DERPFISHrejects says “You need to harass Riven down to make her too scared to fight you due to health difference. In a raw 1v1 she will almost always beat you if she's good, but if she's half hp and you're not you will almost always win.”
Dacnomaniak says “Your W can block each of her Q dashes, although its recommended to block the third because that has the CC. It also prevent her from escaping many situations. Poke her with you Q and all in if you can get a stun off.”
CamilleN1 says “This matchup is all about who is the better player. She will E your W poke almost everytime or engage with it the moment you use it. When she uses her 3rd Q try to E her before it lands and she will miss the damage and open herself up to your combo”
galvapheonix says “ Riven can do a lot of damage to you at all levels and can escape a lot of your damage. Just be smart and attack her after she uses he Q when you have your ultimate up and you should be able to kill her. Play very safe and smart and try not to give her an early lead.”
thedunkening111 says “Oh fucking hell, burn it with fire. She can win the lane off one good trade, but so can you. If she starts bunny hopping towards you for whatever reason, press q an walk away. If she bunny hops for no reason whatsoever, all in her immediately.
Take Aftershock.”
Cyti says “Very easy to harass since she has a short ranged dash which you can force her to waste by poking. Unless she gets the jump on you, you shouldn't die. Would definitely take Stopwatch+Minion Dematerializer as she can dive. ”
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Tips Against Riven in the Jungle Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Polarshift says “Keep the wave in the middle or to your side and Q her whenever she tries to go for a minion. Be careful of how fast she can actually stack her conqueror.”
Suseri says “Similar to Renekton you can't really trade with her while she can when ever she wants. However she is squishy and can miss/waste her abilities to farm so you have a chance to do stuff pre 6. After 6 you can't win because she can time her combo so you can't avoid her burst. You need your jungler for this. I would not try to fight her after 6 at all since she can also kite you very well and make you waste your R and time. So try to play around teamfights.”
Crossknight06 says “Eazy pissy you can kick rivens ass with all the builds even with assasin build with ap and crit works better if you are practised enough you can make her 0 4 0 before 10 minutes just dont let her farm and keep an eye at jg”
ChaseMorePlz says “Basically cockblocks you with her stun and can burst you down due to her kit. Respect a good Riven player, especially when ganking one early.”
liserith says “When I was first starting out, this matchup was literal hell for me. Her insane gap-closing and her W stun will kill you quite easily. I learned however, if you build like a bruiser and take Legend: Tenacity and Mercury's Treads, you can duel her. Try to out-burst her, and don't be afraid to use your ult. ”
The Top Bear says “She can burst pretty hard, but if you kite well enough and hit your q, you can kill her. Post-6 she will oneshot you, so just avoid her then.”
Laverenz says “Riven is a fairly easy matchup as Skarner. Even though she might jump around, you can just stun her or ult her, and your team will do the rest of the job, while you focus on killing another carry.”
Yzroma says “Riven can easely dodge your Q then she has more DPS than you. Don't gank Riven if she didn't use her spells on your toplaner. Also she can disengage a fight with you so even when she's low you can't kill her.”
Yzroma says “Riven peut esquiver ton Q facilement et gagne le corps à corps. Tu ne pourras ni la 1v1 ni la gank.
Contre elle reste avec tes carry et empêche la de les tuer.”
Sarutobi says “Riven is very annoying because you will waste your R and Q to try and kill her and she will just run away and make you look stupid. If she commits then you win. Unless she has a major lead on you. Compare items before fighting!”
WiskeyANDGin says “quite hard to kill, can easly outplay you, if u see her charging her full combo then ult, if not, try to ult only when she ults you (2nd stance of ult) so u can dodge it and heal”
Optimal Pancake says “Lot's of cc and her E is annoying, but otherwise, not too bad. Only problem will be she will outscale you and eventually survive your one-shot combo in blue form later in the game.”
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