Tryndamere vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Tryndamere
based on 2,757 Tryndamere vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tryndamere vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Tryndamere vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Tryndamere
Tips for Playing as Tryndamere against Riven
Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
Tryndamere vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Tryndamere in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some valuable Tryndamere against Riven counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Tryndamere usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Riven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tryndamere and Riven
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Who is Better, Tryndamere or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Tryndamere makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Tryndamere does have a higher winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Riven.
Additionally, Tryndamere also has almost no amount of utility and CC, 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 in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Riven matchups, Tryndamere is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Tryndamere is a decent counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tryndamere against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Tryndamere versus Riven build include Statikk Shiv, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Tryndamere boasted an average win rate of 50.8% battling Riven with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Riven as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Tryndamere vs Riven counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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