Samira vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Samira
based on 5,521 Samira vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Samira
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.
Samira vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Samira in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Samira versus Riven matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Samira often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Riven
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Who is Better, Samira or Riven?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when trying to fight Riven, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a bad counter for Riven.
While Samira does have a lower win rate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Riven.
Moreover, Samira also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Samira against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Samira in order to counter Riven during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Samira versus Riven build consist of Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Samira bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Riven than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Riven as Samira, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Samira vs Riven battles, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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