Riven vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Riven
based on 1,751 Riven vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Riven vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Riven in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Riven against Viktor matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Viktor..
Riven typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Viktor. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Viktor
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Who is Better, Riven or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs 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 Viktor, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Riven does have a lower win rate compared to Viktor, when facing one another, Riven also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Viktoras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Riven versus Viktor build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Viktor than with many other typical builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Viktor with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Viktor as Riven, Riven players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Riven vs Viktor fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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