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Riven vs Diana

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How to Beat Diana as Riven

based on 4,951 Riven vs Diana matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Diana as Riven resulted from an evaluation of 4951 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Riven encounters Diana in only 4.1% of her rounds.

Riven vs Diana Matchup Summary

Riven does a average job of countering Diana. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Riven vs Diana matches, Riven’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Diana.

Best Riven vs Diana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeGuardian AngelSterak's GageProfane Hydra

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
>
Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast 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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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Diana as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Diana

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 Diana

Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.

Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.

Riven vs Diana Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Diana Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.6
5.9
< Deaths >
6.8
4.8
< Assists >
6.4
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
178
< Minions Killed >
100
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.83
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
18,969
< Physical Damage >
2,003
54
< Magic Damage >
17,781
1,082
< True Damage >
945
20,106
< Damage Dealt >
20,729
24,599
< Damage Taken >
24,439
12,183
< Gold Earned >
12,256
2.25
< Towers >
1.72
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
5,292
< Total Healing >
5,789
15,008
< Experience >
14,112
16
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
7
127
< Time Dealing CC >
130

How to Counter Diana with Riven in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some critical Riven vs. Diana matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..

Riven typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Diana

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Diana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Diana

Who is Better, Riven or Diana?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when taking on Diana, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Riven makes an ok counter to Diana.

While Riven does have a higher winrate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Dianaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Diana matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Riven is a decent counter for Diana. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Diana.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Diana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Diana as Riven, we analyzed 4,951 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 Diana 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

If you would like to truly master Riven in order to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven on average accumulates more CS as Diana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Riven versus Diana build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Diana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Diana with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Diana as Riven, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Riven vs Diana face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

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