Draven vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Draven
based on 4,107 Draven vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Riven
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Draven in LoL
The stats provided here feature some valuable Draven versus Riven counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Riven
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Who is Better, Draven or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Draven makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Draven does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Draven into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Draven to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Draven versus Riven build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Riven than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Riven as Draven, Draven players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Draven vs Riven LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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