Riven vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Riven
based on 2,419 Riven vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Cho'Gath
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 Cho'Gath
Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.
Riven vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Riven versus Cho'Gath counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Cho'Gath..
Riven typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Riven or Cho'Gath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually loses when playing against Cho'Gath, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a poor counter to Cho'Gath.
While Riven does have a lower win rate compared to Cho'Gath, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Cho'Gathas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This 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 Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Cho'Gath. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Cho'Gath. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Riven versus Cho'Gath build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Riven combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Cho'Gath with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Cho'Gath as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Riven vs Cho'Gath counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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