Vel'Koz vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Vel'Koz
based on 2,455 Vel'Koz vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Riven
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several important Vel'Koz against Riven counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Riven
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz 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 team members during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually gets less CS relative to Riven. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Riven build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Riven than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Riven with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Riven as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Vel'Koz vs Riven counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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