Thresh vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Thresh
based on 4,794 Thresh vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Riven
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Thresh versus Riven counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Riven
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Who is Better, Thresh or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often accumulates a lot less CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Thresh versus Riven build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Riven than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Riven with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Riven as Thresh, Thresh players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Thresh vs Riven clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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