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Riven vs Akali

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How to Beat Akali as Riven

based on 7,146 Riven vs Akali matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Riven engaged Akali 7146 times. Including so many games with Riven versus Akali gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare actionable data and a recommended build to suppress your opposition. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Riven is forced to battle against Akali in only 6.0% of her games.

Riven vs Akali Matchup Summary

Riven has done a good job of beating Akali. Normally, she wins a terrific 52.0% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Riven vs Akali matches, Riven’s team is 0.2% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Akali.

Best Riven vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSpear of ShojinDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageGuardian AngelSundered SkyMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Riven to level upq
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Second ability for Riven to level upe
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Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Riven's passive ability p
Riven's q ability q
Riven's w ability w
Riven's e ability e
Riven's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Akali as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Akali

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Advice to Win Against Akali

Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.

Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.

Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.

Riven vs Akali Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
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7
< Kills >
8.5
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
4.8
< Assists >
4.9
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
176
< Minions Killed >
157
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.35
19,588
< Physical Damage >
1,253
56
< Magic Damage >
19,834
1,173
< True Damage >
720
20,818
< Damage Dealt >
21,808
24,912
< Damage Taken >
26,222
12,173
< Gold Earned >
11,580
2.28
< Towers >
1.42
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,243
< Total Healing >
3,088
14,996
< Experience >
14,187
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
126
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Akali with Riven in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several influential Riven versus Akali counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali..

Riven often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Akali

Who is Better, Riven or Akali?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter for Akali.

While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Akalias her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Akali matchups, Riven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Riven is a decent counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Akali.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Akali Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akali as Riven, we analyzed 7,146 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 Akali as Riven 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 Riven to counter Akali during both the early game 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 here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Riven versus Akali build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Riven combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Akali than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Akali with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Akali as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Riven vs Akali battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.

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