Ezreal vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Ezreal
based on 7,300 Ezreal vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Riven
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Ezreal versus Riven counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Ezreal usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ezreal and Riven
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when trying to fight Riven, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a poor counter to Riven.
While Ezreal does have a lower winrate than Riven, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ezreal into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ezreal 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ezreal 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 teammates during team fights.
Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ezreal to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Riven build consist of Muramana, Trinity Force, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Ezreal incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Riven as Ezreal, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Ezreal vs Riven counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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