Brand vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Brand
based on 7,064 Brand vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Riven
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Brand vs. Riven matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Brand often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Riven
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Who is Better, Brand or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Riven, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes a good counter for Riven.
While Brand does have a higher winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Riven.
Furthermore, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Riven matchups, Brand is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Brand is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand usually racks up less CS compared to Riven. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Brand versus Riven build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Riven than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Riven as Brand, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Brand vs Riven clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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