Xerath vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Xerath
based on 4,684 Xerath vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Riven
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Xerath versus Riven matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Riven
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Who is Better, Xerath or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when taking on Riven, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Riven, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Rivenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Riven matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically racks up less CS as Riven. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Riven build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Riven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 50.8% battling Riven with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Riven as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Xerath vs Riven fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Riven as Xerath are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.