Darius vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Darius
based on 4,328 Darius vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Riven
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Darius versus Riven matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Darius usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Riven
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Who is Better, Darius or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when facing off against Riven, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Riven, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Riven.
Furthermore, Darius also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Riven matchups, Darius 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.
Darius is a decent counter to Riven. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Darius versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Riven than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Riven as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Darius vs Riven counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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