Yasuo vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Yasuo
based on 8,409 Yasuo vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Riven
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Yasuo vs. Riven counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Yasuo normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Riven
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Riven?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a bad counter for Riven.
While Yasuo does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Rivenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Yasuo versus Riven build include Infinity Edge, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Riven as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yasuo vs Riven counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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