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Riven vs Alistar

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How to Beat Alistar as Riven

based on 2,253 Riven vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games every week. In our database, Riven fought Alistar 2253 times. Including so many matchups for Riven vs Alistar gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to wreck your opposition. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Riven has to counter Alistar in only 1.9% of her matches.

Riven vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Riven does a decent job of beating Alistar. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Riven against Alistar matches, Riven’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Alistar.

Best Riven vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Death's DanceSpear of ShojinRavenous HydraMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Riven's passive ability p
Riven's q ability q
Riven's w ability w
Riven's e ability e
Riven's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Alistar

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Riven vs Alistar Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Alistar Image
6.5
< Kills >
2
5.8
< Deaths >
6
5
< Assists >
13.5
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.36
176
< Minions Killed >
32
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,273
< Physical Damage >
1,247
57
< Magic Damage >
6,361
1,171
< True Damage >
867
19,502
< Damage Dealt >
8,476
23,873
< Damage Taken >
25,111
11,820
< Gold Earned >
8,272
2.26
< Towers >
1.81
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,098
< Total Healing >
8,912
14,476
< Experience >
10,132
16
< Vision Score >
55
8
< Wards Placed >
24
125
< Time Dealing CC >
251

How to Counter Alistar with Riven in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some important Riven against Alistar matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Riven normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Alistar

Who is Better, Riven or Alistar?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when taking on Alistar, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter to Alistar.

While Riven does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Riven into Alistaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Alistar matchups, Riven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Riven is a decent counter for Alistar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Riven against Alistar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Riven

Riven Loses Against

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Riven Wins Against

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Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Riven, we analyzed 2,253 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 Alistar as Riven 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Alistar 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 shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven typically accumulates much more CS as Alistar. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Riven versus Alistar build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Alistar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Alistar as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Riven vs Alistar matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.

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