Riven vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Riven
based on 2,394 Riven vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Volibear
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 Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Riven vs. Volibear counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Volibear..
Riven usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Volibear. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Volibear
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Who is Better, Riven or Volibear?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Volibear, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Volibear.
While Riven does have a lower win rate compared to Volibear, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Volibearas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Volibear matchups, Volibear is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Volibear during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather 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 significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Volibear. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Riven versus Volibear build include Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Volibear than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Volibear with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Volibear as Riven, Riven players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Riven vs Volibear counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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