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Riven vs Viego

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How to Beat Viego as Riven

based on 4,561 Riven vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Riven fought Viego in 4561 games. Using so many games with Riven versus Viego provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a solid build to obliterate Viego. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Riven encounters Viego in only 3.8% of her rounds.

Riven vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven does a poor job of countering Viego. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions face one another in. In Riven vs Viego rounds, Riven’s side is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Viego.

Best Riven vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelDeath's DanceSterak's GageProfane 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: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Countering Viego as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Viego

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.

Riven vs Viego Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Viego Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.2
5.8
< Deaths >
6.2
4.5
< Assists >
6.4
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
177
< Minions Killed >
35
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.69
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
18,240
< Physical Damage >
14,179
52
< Magic Damage >
1,709
1,125
< True Damage >
803
19,418
< Damage Dealt >
16,692
24,188
< Damage Taken >
31,941
11,940
< Gold Earned >
12,025
2.19
< Towers >
1.47
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
5,106
< Total Healing >
15,784
14,743
< Experience >
13,498
16
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
5
125
< Time Dealing CC >
228

How to Counter Viego with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Riven against Viego counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Viego..

Riven normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Viego. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Viego

Who is Better, Riven or Viego?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually loses when facing off against Viego, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a bad counter for Viego.

While Riven does have a lower win rate than Viego, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Riven into Viegoas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Viego. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Viego.

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 Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Riven, we analyzed 4,561 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 Viego 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 Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Viego 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven most often accumulates much more CS as Viego. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Riven versus Viego build include Ravenous Hydra, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Viego than with most other common builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Viego with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Viego as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Riven vs Viego counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.

If you want to see Riven x Viego tips and counter stats for a an individual division, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides shown are calculated using every round completed with these champs.