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

Riven vs Veigar

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

based on 3,580 Riven vs Veigar matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Veigar as Riven came out of an evaluation of 3580 ranked rounds where both champs faced one another. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Riven encounters Veigar in only 3.0% of her games.

Riven vs Veigar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven has done a poor job of beating Veigar. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Riven against Veigar rounds, Riven’s side is 0.2% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Veigar.

Best Riven vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusDeath's DanceEclipse

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkySerylda's GrudgeSpear of Shojin

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
>
Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast 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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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Veigar

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 Veigar

Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.

Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.

Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.

Riven vs Veigar Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Veigar Image
7
< Kills >
6.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
4.4
< Assists >
6.2
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
175
< Minions Killed >
169
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,571
< Physical Damage >
643
51
< Magic Damage >
20,649
1,112
< True Damage >
585
19,734
< Damage Dealt >
21,878
25,643
< Damage Taken >
18,677
12,155
< Gold Earned >
11,995
2.19
< Towers >
2.03
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,433
< Total Healing >
1,805
15,100
< Experience >
14,338
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
11
128
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Veigar with Riven in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several strategic Riven vs. Veigar counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Veigar..

Riven often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Veigar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Veigar

Who is Better, Riven or Veigar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually loses when facing off against Veigar, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a poor counter for Veigar.

While Riven does have a lower win rate than Veigar, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Veigaras 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 Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Veigar matchups, Veigar 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 Veigar. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Veigar.

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 Veigar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Veigar as Riven, we analyzed 3,580 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 Veigar 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

Riven Build Veigar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Riven to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Veigar. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Riven versus Veigar build include Maw of Malmortius, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Riven combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Veigar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 48.5% battling Veigar with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Veigar as Riven, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Riven vs Veigar face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Riven are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.