Blitzcrank vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Blitzcrank
based on 4,616 Blitzcrank vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Riven
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Blitzcrank vs. Riven matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Riven
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Riven, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Riven.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Riven.
Moreover, Blitzcrank 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Riven matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank 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 presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often gets a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Blitzcrank versus Riven build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Blitzcrank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Riven with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Riven as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Riven clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Riven as Blitzcrank are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.