Irelia vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Irelia
based on 3,315 Irelia vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Riven
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Irelia against Riven counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Irelia normally has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Riven
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Who is Better, Irelia or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when taking on Riven, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Riven.
Furthermore, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia 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.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Irelia versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Riven than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Riven as Irelia, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Irelia vs Riven fights, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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