Skarner vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Skarner
based on 372 Skarner vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Riven
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Skarner vs. Riven counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Riven
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Who is Better, Skarner or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when trying to fight Riven, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a bad counter to Riven.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Skarner into Riven.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner 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 teammates during teamfights.
Skarner is a terribly counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Riven 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 suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average 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 properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Skarner versus Riven build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Riven than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when countering Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Riven as Skarner, Skarner players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Skarner vs Riven LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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