Riven vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Riven
based on 3,083 Riven vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Riven vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Riven vs. Nasus matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Riven usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Nasus
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Who is Better, Riven or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nasus, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Nasus.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Nasus, when facing one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Nasusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Nasus matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar 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 for Nasus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Riven against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Riven to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Riven versus Nasus build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Riven used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Nasus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Nasus with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Nasus 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 builds players chose for Riven vs Nasus face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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