Dr. Mundo vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Dr. Mundo
based on 1,981 Dr. Mundo vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Dr. Mundo vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Dr. Mundo
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo against Riven
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Dr. Mundo in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Dr. Mundo vs. Riven counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Dr. Mundo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Dr. Mundo usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Dr. Mundo and Riven
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Who is Better, Dr. Mundo or Riven?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Dr. Mundo usually loses when trying to fight Riven, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Dr. Mundo makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Dr. Mundo does have a lower win rate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Dr. Mundo also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Dr. Mundo into Riven.
Furthermore, Dr. Mundo has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Dr. Mundo vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Dr. Mundo is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Dr. Mundo against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Dr. Mundo to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Dr. Mundo often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Dr. Mundo versus Riven build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Dr. Mundo combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Riven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Dr. Mundo boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Riven with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Riven as Dr. Mundo, Dr. Mundo players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Dr. Mundo vs Riven counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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