Neeko vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Neeko
based on 3,305 Neeko vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Riven
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Neeko in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Neeko vs. Riven matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Neeko typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Neeko and Riven
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Who is Better, Neeko or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually wins when playing against Riven, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes a good counter for Riven.
While Neeko does have a higher win rate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Neeko also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Neeko into Riven.
Furthermore, Neeko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Riven matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Neeko is a decent counter to Riven. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Neeko against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Neeko in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko on average accumulates less CS relative to Riven. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Neeko versus Riven build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Neeko bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Neeko had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Riven with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Riven as Neeko, Neeko players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Neeko vs Riven counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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