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Riven vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Riven in LoLRiven is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Riven

based on 4,107 Riven vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games each and every week. In our dataset, Riven faced Draven 4107 times. Including so many matchups for Riven versus Draven provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce useful statistics and a solid build to crush your rival. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Riven fights Draven in only 3.4% of her games.

Riven vs Draven Matchup Summary

Riven does a ok job of countering Draven. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.4% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Riven versus Draven rounds, Riven’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Draven.

Best Riven vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceEclipse

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageSerylda's GrudgeSundered Sky

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Draven as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Riven vs Draven Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Draven Image
6.8
< Kills >
8.4
5.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.6
< Assists >
5.4
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.94
177
< Minions Killed >
175
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,439
< Physical Damage >
21,366
59
< Magic Damage >
127
1,130
< True Damage >
487
19,628
< Damage Dealt >
21,980
24,194
< Damage Taken >
22,380
11,948
< Gold Earned >
13,741
2.24
< Towers >
2.39
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
5,099
< Total Healing >
6,637
14,698
< Experience >
12,223
16
< Vision Score >
15
8
< Wards Placed >
7
125
< Time Dealing CC >
84

How to Counter Draven with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Riven against Draven matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Draven..

Riven typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Draven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Draven

Who is Better, Riven or Draven?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Draven, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Riven makes an ok counter to Draven.

While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Draven, when facing one another, Riven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Dravenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Draven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Riven is a decent counter to Draven. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Draven.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Riven, we analyzed 4,107 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 Draven 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 learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven on average gets a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Riven versus Draven build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Riven bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Draven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Draven with this build.

To have the best chance of beating Draven 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 runes we have analyed for Riven vs Draven clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

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