Riven vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Riven
based on 4,616 Riven vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Riven vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Riven vs. Blitzcrank matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Riven normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Riven or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Riven makes a bad counter to Blitzcrank.
While Riven does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Blitzcrankas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven typically picks up much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Riven versus Blitzcrank build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Riven combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Blitzcrank than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 48.3% battling Blitzcrank with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Blitzcrank as Riven, Riven players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Riven vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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