Bard vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Bard
based on 3,827 Bard vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Riven Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Riven as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Riven
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Bard vs. Riven counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Riven
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Who is Better, Bard or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Riven, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Riven.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Rivenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Riven matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard in order to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Bard versus Riven build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Bloodsong. When Bard incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Riven as Bard, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Bard vs Riven face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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