Riven vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Riven
based on 2,900 Riven vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Riven vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Riven vs. Talon counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..
Riven typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Talon. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Talon
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Who is Better, Riven or Talon?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when playing against Talon, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Talon.
While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Talon, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Talonas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Talon matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Riven is a decent counter to Talon. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Talon. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Riven versus Talon build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Talon than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Talon with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Talon as Riven, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Riven vs Talon LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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