Pyke vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Pyke
based on 4,088 Pyke vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Riven
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Pyke against Riven counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Pyke often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Riven
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Who is Better, Pyke or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often picks up a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Pyke versus Riven build include Umbral Glaive, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 49.0% battling Riven with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Riven as Pyke, you should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Pyke vs Riven fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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