Evelynn vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Evelynn
based on 3,127 Evelynn vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Riven
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Evelynn in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Evelynn versus Riven counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Evelynn typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Riven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Riven
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually loses when playing against Riven, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Evelynn makes a bad counter for Riven.
While Evelynn does have a lower winrate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Evelynn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Evelynn into Rivenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Evelynn has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Evelynn is a terribly counter to Riven. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Evelynn against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Evelynn to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Evelynn versus Riven build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Evelynn had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Riven as Evelynn, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Evelynn vs Riven fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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