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How to Win Ornn vs Riven Counter MatchupOrnn is in the s tier of champions

Ornn vs Riven

How to Beat Riven as Ornn in LoLOrnn is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Riven as Ornn

based on 2,574 Ornn vs Riven matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Riven as Ornn resulted from an examination of 2574 ranked matches where both champs engaged one another. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Ornn has to counter Riven in only 3.1% of his matches.

Ornn vs Riven Matchup Summary

Ornn has done a average job of beating Riven. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of matches the champs face each other in. In Ornn versus Riven matches, Ornn’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood versus Riven.

Best Ornn vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWarden's Mail

Core Ornn Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThe Unspoken Parasite

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanLeviathanFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ornn to level upw
>
Second ability for Ornn to level upe
>
Last skill for Ornn to max outq

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceArmorArmor
Ornn's passive ability p
Ornn's q ability q
Ornn's w ability w
Ornn's e ability e
Ornn's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Riven as Ornn

Tips for Playing as Ornn against Riven

Volcanic Rupture can be used to set up zoning areas to threaten enemies.

Learning build paths of items can help quickly select upgrades in lane.

The order of your abilties matters! Try to optimize Brittle usage.

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.

Ornn vs Riven Counter Stats

Ornn Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Riven Image
3.8
< Kills >
6.5
5.1
< Deaths >
5.9
8.1
< Assists >
4.8
0.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
171
< Minions Killed >
182
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
5,806
< Physical Damage >
19,432
10,873
< Magic Damage >
67
364
< True Damage >
1,100
17,044
< Damage Dealt >
20,600
31,607
< Damage Taken >
25,698
10,774
< Gold Earned >
12,109
2.23
< Towers >
2.3
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,871
< Total Healing >
5,451
14,723
< Experience >
14,900
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
594
< Time Dealing CC >
134

How to Counter Riven with Ornn in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some strategic Ornn against Riven matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Ornn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ornn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..

Ornn normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ornn and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Ornn
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ornn
Riven

Who is Better, Ornn or Riven?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ornn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Ornn makes an ok counter to Riven.

While Ornn does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Ornn also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ornn into Riven.

Moreover, Ornn has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ornn vs Riven matchups, Ornn 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 teamfights.

Ornn is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ornn against Riven.

Additional Information for Ornn Players

How We Calculated Our Ornn vs Riven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Riven as Ornn, we analyzed 2,574 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Riven as Ornn comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Ornn to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ornn on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Ornn versus Riven build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and The Unspoken Parasite. When Ornn combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Riven than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ornn boasted an average win rate of 50.4% battling Riven with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Riven as Ornn, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ornn vs Riven battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

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