Pantheon vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Pantheon
based on 5,305 Pantheon vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pantheon vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Pantheon vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Riven
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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.
Pantheon vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Pantheon in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Pantheon against Riven counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Pantheon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pantheon and Riven
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Who is Better, Pantheon or Riven?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pantheon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Pantheon makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Pantheon does have a higher winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Pantheon also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pantheon into Riven.
Furthermore, Pantheon has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Riven matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Pantheon is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pantheon against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pantheon to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pantheon typically racks up less CS compared to Riven. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Pantheon versus Riven build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Pantheon incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Riven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Pantheon boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Riven as Pantheon, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Pantheon vs Riven counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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