Riven vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Riven
based on 5,574 Riven vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Riven vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Riven in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Riven vs. Kayn counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Riven typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Riven or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when taking on Kayn, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter to Kayn.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Kaynas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Kayn matchups, Riven is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Riven is a decent counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often racks up much more CS as Kayn. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Riven versus Kayn build include Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Riven bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 51.4% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Kayn as Riven, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Riven vs Kayn matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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