Riven vs Ashe
How to Beat Ashe as Riven
based on 7,695 Riven vs Ashe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Ashe Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Ashe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ashe as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Ashe
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 Ashe
Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.
Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.
Riven vs Ashe Counter Stats
How to Counter Ashe with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Riven vs. Ashe counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ashe’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ashe..
Riven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Ashe. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Ashe
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Who is Better, Riven or Ashe?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when facing off against Ashe, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter for Ashe.
While Riven does have a higher winrate than Ashe, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Asheas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ashe. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Ashe matchups, Riven is the better champion 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 Ashe. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing 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 Riven against Ashe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Ashe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ashe. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Riven versus Ashe build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Ashe than with many other typical builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 52.0% battling Ashe with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Ashe as Riven, Riven players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Riven vs Ashe face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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