Lux vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Lux
based on 11,126 Lux vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Riven
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Lux vs. Riven counter statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Riven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Riven
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Who is Better, Lux or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Lux makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Lux does have a higher winrate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Riven.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Riven matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lux is a decent counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux 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 listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux most often picks up less CS as Riven. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lux versus Riven build consist of Malignance, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Lux bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Riven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 50.2% battling Riven with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Riven as Lux, Lux players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Lux vs Riven clashes, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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