Aatrox vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Aatrox
based on 7,395 Aatrox vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Riven
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Aatrox vs. Riven matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between this pair of champs. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Aatrox normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Riven
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Aatrox does have a lower winrate than Riven, when facing one another, Aatrox also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Aatrox into Riven.
Additionally, Aatrox has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Riven matchups, Riven 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 late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aatrox in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Aatrox versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Spear of Shojin. When Aatrox incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Riven than with most other common builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 49.2% battling Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Riven as Aatrox, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Riven LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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