Rengar vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Rengar
based on 4,532 Rengar vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Riven
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Rengar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some strategic Rengar vs. Riven counter stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Rengar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rengar and Riven
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Who is Better, Rengar or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rengar usually loses when facing off against Riven, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Rengar makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Rengar does have a lower winrate than Riven, when facing one another, Rengar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rengar into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rengar also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Rengar is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rengar against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rengar to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar often racks up a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Rengar versus Riven build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Riven than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rengar boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Riven with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Riven as Rengar, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rengar vs Riven LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Riven as Rengar are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.