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How to Win Nilah vs Riven Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Riven

How to Beat Riven as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Riven as Nilah

based on 1,849 Nilah vs Riven matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our data, Nilah battled Riven in 1849 matches. Including so many games with Nilah vs Riven provides us confidence in our capacity to produce informative data and a solid build to destroy your opposition. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Nilah has to counter Riven in only 3.1% of their rounds.

Nilah vs Riven Matchup Summary

Nilah has done a good job of countering Riven. Normally, they wins a whopping 53.2% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Nilah vs Riven rounds, Nilah’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that they probably won't get first blood against Riven.

Best Nilah vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsNavori QuickbladesBloodsongStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Riven as Nilah

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.

Nilah vs Riven Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Riven Image
7.6
< Kills >
6.9
6.6
< Deaths >
5.8
6.1
< Assists >
4.8
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
172
< Minions Killed >
175
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.42
17,143
< Physical Damage >
18,992
161
< Magic Damage >
59
409
< True Damage >
1,131
17,713
< Damage Dealt >
20,181
23,792
< Damage Taken >
24,184
12,618
< Gold Earned >
11,957
2.64
< Towers >
2.19
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,324
< Total Healing >
5,175
13,161
< Experience >
14,771
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
85
< Time Dealing CC >
126

How to Counter Riven with Nilah in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some influential Nilah versus Riven matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Riven..

Nilah often has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Riven

Who is Better, Nilah or Riven?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Riven, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a great counter to Riven.

While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Rivenas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Nilah has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Riven matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Nilah is a great counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Riven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nilah

Nilah Loses Against

LilliaLillia46% winrateTaricTaric47.7% winrateJannaJanna47.8% winrateBardBard48.3% winrate

Nilah Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.7% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai59.1% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 57% 1485 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.4% 3643 GamesTahm KenchTahm Kench+ 57.4% 1251 GamesAniviaAnivia+ 58% 860 Games

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Riven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Riven as Nilah, we analyzed 1,849 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Riven as Nilah comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Nilah Build Riven Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nilah in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Nilah versus Riven build include Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Riven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 53.2% battling Riven with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Riven as Nilah, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Nilah vs Riven LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Riven as Nilah are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.