Corki vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Corki
based on 1,413 Corki vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Riven
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Corki in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Corki versus Riven counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Corki typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Corki and Riven
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Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Corki or Riven?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when playing against Riven, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Corki makes a bad counter to Riven.
While Corki does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when they face off with one another, Corki also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Corki into Riven.
Moreover, Corki also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Corki vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Corki is a terribly counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Corki against Riven.
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How We Calculated Our Corki vs Riven Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Corki to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Corki versus Riven build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Malignance. When Corki included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Riven than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Corki boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Riven with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Riven as Corki, Corki players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Corki vs Riven matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Riven as Corki are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.