Riven vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Riven
based on 1,413 Riven vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Riven vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Riven versus Corki matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Corki’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Corki..
Riven normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Corki. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Corki
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Who is Better, Riven or Corki?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when playing against Corki, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter to Corki.
While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Corki, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Riven into Corkias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Corki. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Corki matchups, Riven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Riven is a decent counter to Corki. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Corki 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 presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Corki. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Riven versus Corki build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Corki than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Corki with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Corki as Riven, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Riven vs Corki matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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