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How to Win Riven vs Tristana Counter MatchupRiven is in the s tier of champions

Riven vs Tristana

How to Beat Tristana as Riven in LoLRiven is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tristana as Riven

based on 3,589 Riven vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. In our dataset, Riven battled Tristana 3589 times. Using so many matchups for Riven vs Tristana gives us confidence in our ability to produce informative stats and a solid build to wreck your enemy. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Riven fights Tristana in only 3.0% of her games.

Riven vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven has done a below average job of countering Tristana. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Riven against Tristana matches, Riven’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Tristana.

Best Riven vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDeath's DanceBlack CleaverProfane Hydra

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: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Riven vs Tristana Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Tristana Image
6.6
< Kills >
7.4
5.9
< Deaths >
6.2
4.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
173
< Minions Killed >
170
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.59
18,020
< Physical Damage >
16,843
58
< Magic Damage >
2,180
1,083
< True Damage >
501
19,161
< Damage Dealt >
19,524
24,433
< Damage Taken >
21,418
11,819
< Gold Earned >
12,593
2.17
< Towers >
2.85
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,127
< Total Healing >
5,947
14,715
< Experience >
12,914
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
124
< Time Dealing CC >
67

How to Counter Tristana with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several strategic Riven against Tristana counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Tristana..

Riven usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes more damage than Tristana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Tristana

Who is Better, Riven or Tristana?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually loses when trying to fight Tristana, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Riven makes a bad counter to Tristana.

While Riven does have a lower win rate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Riven into Tristanaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Tristana. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Tristana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Riven

Riven Loses Against

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Riven Wins Against

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Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Riven, we analyzed 3,589 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 Tristana 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Riven in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to 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 typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Tristana. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Riven versus Tristana build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Tristana than with most other common builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Tristana with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Tristana as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Riven vs Tristana LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Tristana as Riven are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.