Diana vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Diana
based on 4,951 Diana vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Riven
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Diana in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Diana against Riven counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Diana often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Riven
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Who is Better, Diana or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Diana makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Diana does have a lower winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Diana into Riven.
Additionally, Diana 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 facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Diana to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average gets less CS relative to Riven. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Diana versus Riven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Diana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Riven than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Riven as Diana, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Diana vs Riven counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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