Lissandra vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Lissandra
based on 1,562 Lissandra vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Riven
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Lissandra against Riven counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Lissandra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Riven
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Lissandra also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Riven.
Additionally, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Lissandra versus Riven build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average win rate of 49.2% battling Riven with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Riven as Lissandra, Lissandra players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Lissandra vs Riven counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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