Gwen vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Gwen
based on 2,485 Gwen vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Riven
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Gwen versus Riven matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Gwen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Riven
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Who is Better, Gwen or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when trying to fight Riven, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a bad counter to Riven.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Gwen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gwen into Riven.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a bad counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Riven during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gwen versus Riven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Riven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 46.7% battling Riven with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Riven as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Gwen vs Riven face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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