Urgot vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Urgot
based on 2,604 Urgot vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Riven
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Urgot in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Urgot against Riven matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Urgot normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Urgot and Riven
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Who is Better, Urgot or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Urgot usually wins when trying to fight Riven, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Urgot makes a great counter to Riven.
While Urgot does have a much higher winrate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Urgot also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Urgot into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Urgot has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Riven matchups, Urgot is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Urgot is a great counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Urgot against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Urgot 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Urgot versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Dead Man's Plate. When Urgot used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Riven than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Urgot had an average winrate of 54.1% battling Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Riven as Urgot, Urgot players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Urgot vs Riven matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
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