Riven vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Riven
based on 3,127 Riven vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Evelynn
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 Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Riven vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Riven in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Riven vs. Evelynn counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Evelynn..
Riven often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Evelynn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Riven or Evelynn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when playing against Evelynn, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Riven makes a good counter for Evelynn.
While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Evelynn, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Riven into Evelynnas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Evelynn matchups, Riven is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Riven is a good counter to Evelynn. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Riven to counter Evelynn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often gets much more CS relative to Evelynn. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Riven versus Evelynn build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Evelynn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Evelynn as Riven, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Riven vs Evelynn counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.
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