Riven vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Riven
based on 8,021 Riven vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Riven vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Riven against Lucian matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champs. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Riven typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Lucian
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Who is Better, Riven or Lucian?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Riven does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Lucianas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Lucian matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Riven is a decent counter to Lucian. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Lucian. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Riven versus Lucian build include Maw of Malmortius, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Lucian than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Lucian as Riven, Riven players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Riven vs Lucian face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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