Kayn vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Kayn
based on 5,574 Kayn vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Riven
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Kayn versus Riven counter statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Kayn often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Riven
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Who is Better, Kayn or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when playing against Riven, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Rivenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average gets a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kayn versus Riven build include Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Riven than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Riven as Kayn, Kayn players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kayn vs Riven counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Riven as Kayn are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.