Cassiopeia vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Cassiopeia
based on 1,136 Cassiopeia vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cassiopeia vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Cassiopeia vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Cassiopeia
Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Riven
Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.
Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.
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.
Cassiopeia vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Cassiopeia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Cassiopeia vs. Riven counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Cassiopeia normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cassiopeia and Riven
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Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cassiopeia usually wins when facing off against Riven, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Cassiopeia makes a good counter for Riven.
While Cassiopeia does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Cassiopeia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Cassiopeia into Rivenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Cassiopeia also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Riven matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Cassiopeia is a good counter for Riven. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Cassiopeia against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Cassiopeia in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cassiopeia on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Cassiopeia versus Riven build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Cosmic Drive. When Cassiopeia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Riven than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Cassiopeia boasted an average winrate of 52.9% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Riven as Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Cassiopeia vs Riven face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.9% win rate overall.
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