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How to Win Riven vs Kalista Counter MatchupRiven is in the s tier of champions

Riven vs Kalista

How to Beat Kalista as Riven in LoLRiven is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kalista as Riven

based on 1,145 Riven vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Kalista as Riven resulted from an examination of 1145 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Riven encounters Kalista in only 1.0% of her rounds.

Riven vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Riven has done a decent job of countering Kalista. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Riven versus Kalista matches, Riven’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Kalista.

Best Riven vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Death's DanceBlack CleaverRavenous 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: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
2
W
3
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 Kalista as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Kalista

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 Kalista

Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.

If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.

Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.

Riven vs Kalista Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Kalista Image
6.6
< Kills >
7.9
5.7
< Deaths >
6.8
4.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
1.81
174
< Minions Killed >
173
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,283
< Physical Damage >
16,410
58
< Magic Damage >
2,481
1,091
< True Damage >
488
19,432
< Damage Dealt >
19,380
23,822
< Damage Taken >
22,496
11,815
< Gold Earned >
12,531
2.25
< Towers >
2.45
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
5,054
< Total Healing >
6,352
14,504
< Experience >
12,117
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
123
< Time Dealing CC >
183

How to Counter Kalista with Riven in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several critical Riven against Kalista matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kalista..

Riven usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Kalista

Who is Better, Riven or Kalista?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when trying to fight Kalista, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter for Kalista.

While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Kalistaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Kalista matchups, Riven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Riven is a decent counter to Kalista. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Kalista.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Riven, we analyzed 1,145 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 Kalista 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 truly master Riven to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Riven versus Kalista build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Kalista than with most other common item sets. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Kalista with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Kalista as Riven, Riven players should equip 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 picked for Riven vs Kalista fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Riven are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.