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Riven vs Ryze

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How to Beat Ryze as Riven

based on 1,060 Riven vs Ryze matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Ryze as Riven resulted from an examination of 1060 ranked games where both champions opposed one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Riven is forced to battle against Ryze in only 0.9% of her rounds.

Riven vs Ryze Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven does a poor job of countering Ryze. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Riven versus Ryze matches, Riven’s team is 0.2% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Ryze.

Best Riven vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceEclipse

Optional Items

Ravenous HydraSundered SkyBlack Cleaver

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
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Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Ryze

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 Ryze

Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.

Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.

Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.

Riven vs Ryze Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Ryze Image
6.7
< Kills >
5.7
5.9
< Deaths >
5.7
4.6
< Assists >
6.4
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
181
< Minions Killed >
194
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,812
< Physical Damage >
1,031
50
< Magic Damage >
20,533
1,091
< True Damage >
347
19,953
< Damage Dealt >
21,912
24,904
< Damage Taken >
25,819
12,086
< Gold Earned >
12,039
2.17
< Towers >
2.33
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,338
< Total Healing >
4,169
15,042
< Experience >
15,906
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
10
126
< Time Dealing CC >
106

How to Counter Ryze with Riven in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several influential Riven vs. Ryze matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze..

Riven typically has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Ryze. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Ryze

Who is Better, Riven or Ryze?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually loses when playing against Ryze, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a bad counter for Ryze.

While Riven does have a lower win rate compared to Ryze, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Ryzeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Ryze. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Ryze.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Ryze Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ryze as Riven, we analyzed 1,060 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 Ryze 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 in order to counter Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ryze. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Riven versus Ryze build consist of Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Riven used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Ryze than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Ryze with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Ryze as Riven, you 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 we have analyed for Riven vs Ryze counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.

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