Jhin vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Jhin
based on 13,864 Jhin vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Riven
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Jhin in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Jhin against Riven counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Jhin typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Riven
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Who is Better, Jhin or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Jhin makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Jhin does have a higher win rate than Riven, when facing one another, Jhin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Jhin into Riven.
Furthermore, Jhin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Riven matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jhin in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Riven build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Jhin used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jhin had an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Riven as Jhin, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Jhin vs Riven counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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