Volibear vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Volibear
based on 2,394 Volibear vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Volibear vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Volibear vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Volibear
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.
Volibear vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Volibear in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Volibear against Riven counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Volibear usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Riven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Volibear and Riven
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Who is Better, Volibear or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Volibear does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Volibear into Riven.
Moreover, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Riven matchups, Volibear is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Volibear is a decent counter to Riven. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Volibear 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Volibear versus Riven build consist of Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Riven as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Volibear vs Riven clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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