Annie vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Annie
based on 1,869 Annie vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Riven
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Annie vs. Riven counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Annie typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Riven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Riven
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Who is Better, Annie or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Annie makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Annie does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Annie into Riven.
Furthermore, Annie also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Annie against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Annie versus Riven build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Riven than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Riven with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Riven as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Annie vs Riven clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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