Kha'Zix vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Kha'Zix
based on 3,606 Kha'Zix vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Riven
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stats shown here show several vital Kha'Zix versus Riven matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Kha'Zix typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Riven
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter to Riven.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when they face off with one another, Kha'Zix also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kha'Zix into Riven.
Additionally, Kha'Zix also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Kha'Zix is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kha'Zix against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kha'Zix in order to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix often gets a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Riven build include Maw of Malmortius, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Kha'Zix included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Riven than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Riven with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Riven as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Kha'Zix vs Riven matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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