Gangplank vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Gangplank
based on 1,965 Gangplank vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Riven
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
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.
Gangplank vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Gangplank vs. Riven counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Gangplank often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Riven
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Riven?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Riven, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Gangplank does have a much lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gangplank versus Riven build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 45.8% battling Riven with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Riven as Gangplank, Gangplank players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Riven fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.8% win rate overall.
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