Riven vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Riven
based on 8,409 Riven vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Riven vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Riven versus Yasuo matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Yasuo..
Riven usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Riven or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when playing against Yasuo, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Riven also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Yasuoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Yasuo matchups, Riven is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Riven is a decent counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up 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 Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven most often gets a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Riven versus Yasuo build include Ravenous Hydra, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Yasuo than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 51.8% battling Yasuo with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Yasuo as Riven, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Riven vs Yasuo fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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