Amumu vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Amumu
based on 2,559 Amumu vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Riven
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Win Against Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Amumu vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Amumu vs. Riven matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Amumu normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Riven
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Who is Better, Amumu or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Riven.
Moreover, Amumu also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Riven matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Riven. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often gets a lot less CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Amumu versus Riven build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Riven than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Riven as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Amumu vs Riven clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
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