Brand vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Brand
based on 1,698 Brand vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Riven
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
Advice to Win Against Riven
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.
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Brand vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Brand in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several valuable Brand against Riven matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Brand often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Riven
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Who is Better, Brand or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Riven, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a great counter to Riven.
While Brand does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Riven.
Furthermore, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Riven matchups, Brand is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Brand is a great counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand usually racks up less CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Brand versus Riven build include Liandry's Anguish, Shard of True Ice, and Demonic Embrace. When Brand used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Riven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 53.4% battling Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Riven as Brand, you should use the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Brand vs Riven battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.4% winrate overall.
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