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Riven vs Gnar

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How to Beat Gnar as Riven

based on 1,132 Riven vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Gnar as Riven resulted from an analysis of 1132 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Riven fights Gnar in only 0.9% of her matches.

Riven vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Riven has done a good job of beating Gnar. Normally, she wins a whopping 52.9% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Riven against Gnar rounds, Riven’s team is 0.2% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Gnar.

Best Riven vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

EclipseRavenous HydraBlack 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: TenacityLast 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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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Gnar

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 Gnar

Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.

Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.

Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.

Riven vs Gnar Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Gnar Image
6.8
< Kills >
4.9
5.9
< Deaths >
6.1
4.4
< Assists >
5.9
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
175
< Minions Killed >
168
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
17,852
< Physical Damage >
16,384
42
< Magic Damage >
2,702
1,088
< True Damage >
456
18,982
< Damage Dealt >
19,543
24,914
< Damage Taken >
27,875
11,947
< Gold Earned >
11,336
2.23
< Towers >
2.39
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,027
< Total Healing >
5,566
14,879
< Experience >
14,692
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
122
< Time Dealing CC >
402

How to Counter Gnar with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Riven versus Gnar counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gnar..

Riven often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Gnar

Who is Better, Riven or Gnar?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when taking on Gnar, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter to Gnar.

While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when facing one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Riven into Gnaras her relative depth means that 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 Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Gnar matchups, Riven is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Riven is an above average counter for Gnar. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Gnar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Riven

Riven Loses Against

UrgotUrgot45.9% winrateKledKled45.9% winrateQuinnQuinn46.2% winrateBriarBriar46.5% winrate

Riven Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee57.1% winrateYuumiYuumi56.9% winrateKarthusKarthus54.6% winrateGangplankGangplank54.2% winrate

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Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Riven, we analyzed 1,132 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 Gnar 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

If you would like to truly master Riven in order to counter Gnar 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Riven versus Gnar build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Gnar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 52.9% battling Gnar with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Gnar as Riven, Riven players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Riven vs Gnar battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.9% winrate overall.

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