Renekton vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Renekton
based on 3,147 Renekton vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Renekton vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Riven
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Renekton in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Renekton vs. Riven matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. As an example, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Renekton often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Renekton and Riven
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Who is Better, Renekton or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Renekton does have a higher winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Renekton into Riven.
Additionally, Renekton has only a small 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Riven matchups, Renekton is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Renekton is a decent counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Renekton against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Renekton in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton often gets a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Renekton versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Riven than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Renekton boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Riven as Renekton, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Renekton vs Riven clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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