Akali vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Akali
based on 7,146 Akali vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Riven
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Akali versus Riven counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between these two champions. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Akali often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Riven
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Who is Better, Akali or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when playing against Riven, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter to Riven.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akali into Rivenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Akali is a bad counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Akali versus Riven build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 48.0% when countering Riven with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Riven as Akali, Akali players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Akali vs Riven counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.
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