Ryze vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Ryze
based on 1,060 Ryze vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Riven
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
Advice to Win Against Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Ryze vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Ryze against Riven counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Ryze usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ryze and Riven
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Who is Better, Ryze or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ryze usually wins when taking on Riven, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a good counter to Riven.
While Ryze does have a higher win rate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Ryze into Rivenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ryze has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Riven matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ryze is a decent counter for Riven. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze in order to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze on average gets a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Ryze versus Riven build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Riven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 51.5% battling Riven with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Riven as Ryze, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Ryze vs Riven clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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