Riven vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Riven
based on 4,872 Riven vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Twitch Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Twitch
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 Twitch
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Riven vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Riven vs. Twitch counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Twitch’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Twitch..
Riven normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Twitch. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Twitch
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Who is Better, Riven or Twitch?
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 Twitch, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Riven makes an ok counter to Twitch.
While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Twitch, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Twitchas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Twitch. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Twitch matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Riven is a decent counter for Twitch. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Twitch.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Riven in order to counter Twitch during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Twitch. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Riven versus Twitch build include Ravenous Hydra, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better versus Twitch than with many other common item sets. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 50.8% battling Twitch with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Twitch as Riven, Riven players should take 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 used for Riven vs Twitch matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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