Naafiri vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Naafiri
based on 1,542 Naafiri vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Riven
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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.
Naafiri vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Naafiri against Riven counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Naafiri typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Riven
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Naafiri does have a lower winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Riven.
Moreover, Naafiri has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri 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 late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Naafiri versus Riven build include Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs. Riven than with most other typical builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 49.4% battling Riven with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Riven as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Riven face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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