Caitlyn vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Caitlyn
based on 11,481 Caitlyn vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Riven
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Caitlyn vs. Riven matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Caitlyn often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Riven
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Riven.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Riven matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Riven during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Riven build include Guardian Angel, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Riven than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Riven with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Riven as Caitlyn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Riven clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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