Rek'Sai vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Rek'Sai
based on 668 Rek'Sai vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Riven
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Rek'Sai vs. Riven counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Rek'Sai normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Riven
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when facing off against Riven, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Riven.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai 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 teammates during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Riven during both the early game 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 presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champs who typically don't get much CS 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Riven than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Riven as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Rek'Sai vs Riven counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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