Heimerdinger vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Heimerdinger
based on 1,584 Heimerdinger vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Riven
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Heimerdinger against Riven matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Riven
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when taking on Riven, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Riven matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Riven. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Riven build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Riven than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Riven with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Riven as Heimerdinger, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Riven LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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