Ivern vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Ivern
based on 1,441 Ivern vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Riven
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Ivern in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Ivern against Riven counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. For instance, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Ivern often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ivern and Riven
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Who is Better, Ivern or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Ivern makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Ivern does have a higher win rate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Ivern into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ivern also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ivern is a decent counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ivern against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ivern to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern typically gets a lot less CS as Riven. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Ivern versus Riven build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Ivern included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ivern boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Riven as Ivern, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ivern vs Riven face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Riven as Ivern are presented for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.