Riven vs Bel'Veth
How to Beat Bel'Veth as Riven
based on 2,690 Riven vs Bel'Veth matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Bel'Veth Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Bel'Veth Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bel'Veth as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Bel'Veth
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.
Riven vs Bel'Veth Counter Stats
How to Counter Bel'Veth with Riven in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Riven versus Bel'Veth counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bel'Veth’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Bel'Veth..
Riven usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Bel'Veth. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Bel'Veth
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Who is Better, Riven or Bel'Veth?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when playing against Bel'Veth, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Riven makes an ok counter to Bel'Veth.
While Riven does have a lower winrate compared to Bel'Veth, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Bel'Vethas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bel'Veth. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Bel'Veth matchups, Bel'Veth is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter for Bel'Veth. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Bel'Veth.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Bel'Veth during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven on average picks up much more CS as Bel'Veth. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Riven versus Bel'Veth build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Bel'Veth than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Bel'Veth with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Bel'Veth as Riven, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Riven vs Bel'Veth matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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