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How to Win Vayne vs Riven Counter MatchupVayne is in the s tier of champions

Vayne vs Riven

How to Beat Riven as Vayne in LoLVayne is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Riven as Vayne

based on 6,241 Vayne vs Riven matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Riven as Vayne came out of an examination of 6241 ranked matches where both champions faced each other. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Vayne is forced to battle against Riven in only 3.0% of her games.

Vayne vs Riven Matchup Summary

Vayne does a ok job of beating Riven. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.7% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Vayne against Riven games, Vayne’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Riven.

Best Vayne vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanGuardian AngelExperimental HexplateTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vayne to level upq
>
Second ability for Vayne to level upw
>
Last skill for Vayne to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Riven as Vayne

Tips for Playing as Vayne against Riven

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

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.

Vayne vs Riven Counter Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Riven Image
7.2
< Kills >
6.8
6.4
< Deaths >
6
5.4
< Assists >
4.7
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
166
< Minions Killed >
174
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.43
14,267
< Physical Damage >
18,188
1,387
< Magic Damage >
54
3,759
< True Damage >
1,108
19,415
< Damage Dealt >
19,351
21,226
< Damage Taken >
24,680
12,014
< Gold Earned >
11,982
2.28
< Towers >
2.2
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,729
< Total Healing >
5,103
12,738
< Experience >
14,828
18
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
68
< Time Dealing CC >
125

How to Counter Riven with Vayne in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Vayne against Riven matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven..

Vayne normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Riven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Vayne and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vayne
Riven

Who is Better, Vayne or Riven?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vayne usually fairs equally well when taking on Riven, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Vayne makes an ok counter for Riven.

While Vayne does have a lower win rate than Riven, when facing one another, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vayne into Rivenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Vayne has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Vayne is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vayne against Riven.

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne vs Riven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Riven as Vayne, we analyzed 6,241 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Riven as Vayne comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vayne 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 displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vayne usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Vayne versus Riven build include Bloodthirster, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Vayne incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Riven than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vayne had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Riven with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Riven as Vayne, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Vayne vs Riven clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.

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