Jarvan IV vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Jarvan IV
based on 1,833 Jarvan IV vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Riven
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Jarvan IV versus Riven counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Riven
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher win rate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Riven.
Moreover, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jarvan IV to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Riven build consist of Frozen Heart, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Riven as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Jarvan IV vs Riven matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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