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Riven vs Fiora

How to Beat Fiora as Riven in LoLRiven is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Fiora as Riven

based on 3,602 Riven vs Fiora matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our dataset, Riven battled Fiora 3602 times. Using so many games with Riven vs Fiora gives us faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a solid build to wreck Fiora. This pairing is relatively rare. Riven is forced to battle against Fiora in only 3.0% of her rounds.

Riven vs Fiora Matchup Summary

Riven has done a ok job of countering Fiora. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.9% of games the champs fight one another in. In Riven vs Fiora games, Riven’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Fiora.

Best Riven vs Fiora Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Sundered SkyEclipseProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Sterak's GageMaw of MalmortiusDeath's DanceBlack Cleaver

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 ForceArmor
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 Fiora as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Fiora

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 Fiora

Be careful when casting immobilizing disables on Fiora. If her Riposte is available, she can turn their power against you.

Duelist's Dance shows you where Fiora will try to attack from, so be ready to punish her when she tries.

Riven vs Fiora Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Fiora Image
7.3
< Kills >
6
6
< Deaths >
6.8
4.3
< Assists >
4.1
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
179
< Minions Killed >
185
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.62
19,086
< Physical Damage >
12,991
59
< Magic Damage >
1,096
1,257
< True Damage >
5,204
20,402
< Damage Dealt >
19,292
24,409
< Damage Taken >
29,974
12,183
< Gold Earned >
12,232
2.26
< Towers >
3.14
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,324
< Total Healing >
12,834
14,948
< Experience >
14,792
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
123
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Fiora with Riven in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several important Riven vs. Fiora matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Fiora’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Fiora..

Riven normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Fiora. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Fiora

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Fiora
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Fiora

Who is Better, Riven or Fiora?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when taking on Fiora, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Fiora.

While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Fiora, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Fioraas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiora. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Fiora matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Riven is a decent counter for Fiora. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Fiora.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Fiora Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Fiora as Riven, we analyzed 3,602 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 Fiora 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Riven to counter Fiora during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Fiora. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Riven versus Fiora build include Sundered Sky, Eclipse, and Profane Hydra. When Riven used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Fiora than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Fiora with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Fiora as Riven, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Riven vs Fiora LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.

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