Riven vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Riven
based on 2,379 Riven vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Kindred
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 Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Riven vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Riven against Kindred counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kindred..
Riven typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Kindred. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Kindred
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Who is Better, Riven or Kindred?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when taking on Kindred, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter to Kindred.
While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Kindredas her relative depth means 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 Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Kindred matchups, Riven is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Riven is a decent counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven on average picks up much more CS relative to Kindred. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Riven versus Kindred build include Death's Dance, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Kindred than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Kindred with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Kindred 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 rune sets we have analyed for Riven vs Kindred counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.
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