Rek'Sai with Riven
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Riven
based on 653 Rek'Sai with Riven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rek'Sai Riven Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Riven
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Riven
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Understand How Riven Will Play
Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.
Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
Rek'Sai Riven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Riven as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Riven helps Rek'Sai perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rek'Sai plays on the same team as Riven, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Riven does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played with Riven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Riven.
Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Riven on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Riven does a decent job of covering Rek'Sai in teamfights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Riven
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Riven?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Rek'Sai that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Riven is a very typical ally for Rek'Sai. By being on the same team as Rek'Sai, she raises their win rate by 0.1% to 48.5%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Rek'Sai and Riven that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Riven has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means Rek'Sai players must be careful when finding Riven allies to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Rek'Sai and Riven together, you probably will not be providing your side much AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Riven teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to pair well with Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to get in your Rek'Sai and Riven synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Riven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 48.5% when playing alongside Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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