Syndra vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Syndra
based on 2,777 Syndra vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Riven
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Syndra vs. Riven counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Syndra often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Riven
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Who is Better, Syndra or Riven?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes a bad counter for Riven.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Rivenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Syndra versus Riven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Syndra had an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Riven as Syndra, Syndra players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Syndra vs Riven counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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