Braum vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Braum
based on 1,499 Braum vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Riven
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Braum in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Braum versus Riven matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Braum often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Riven
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Who is Better, Braum or Riven?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Braum usually wins when taking on Riven, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Braum makes a great counter to Riven.
While Braum does have a higher win rate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Braum into Riven.
Moreover, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Braum vs Riven matchups, Braum is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Braum is a great counter for Riven. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Braum against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Braum to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum often racks up a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Braum versus Riven build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Riven than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Riven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Riven as Braum, Braum players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Braum vs Riven matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Riven as Braum are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.