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Riven vs Kled

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How to Beat Kled as Riven

based on 1,600 Riven vs Kled matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Kled as Riven came out of an evaluation of 1600 ranked matches where both champions clashed against each other. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Riven encounters Kled in only 1.3% of her games.

Riven vs Kled Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven does a awful job of beating Kled. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.9% of matches the champions face one another in. In Riven versus Kled games, Riven’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Kled.

Best Riven vs Kled Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceEclipse

Optional Items

Black CleaverSundered SkyRavenous Hydra

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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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kled as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Kled

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 Kled

Watch Kled's courage bar when he's off his mount - when it reaches 100%, he will remount and regain a significant amount of health.

Kled is much more threatening when he has Violent Tendencies ready.

Kled generates courage by damaging enemies with his Pocket Pistol and basic attacks, killing minions, and attacking structures or epic monsters.

Riven vs Kled Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Kled Image
6.8
< Kills >
6.8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
4.7
< Assists >
6.5
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
179
< Minions Killed >
170
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.62
20,642
< Physical Damage >
19,743
61
< Magic Damage >
112
1,179
< True Damage >
1,029
21,882
< Damage Dealt >
20,885
24,735
< Damage Taken >
35,778
12,090
< Gold Earned >
12,421
2.23
< Towers >
3.17
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,253
< Total Healing >
6,120
14,820
< Experience >
14,659
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
129
< Time Dealing CC >
103

How to Counter Kled with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Riven against Kled matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kled’s ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kled..

Riven normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kled. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Kled

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Kled
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Kled

Who is Better, Riven or Kled?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually loses when facing off against Kled, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Riven makes a poor counter for Kled.

While Riven does have a much lower winrate than Kled, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Riven into Kledas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kled. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Kled matchups, Kled is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Riven is a trash counter to Kled. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Kled.

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 Kled Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kled as Riven, we analyzed 1,600 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 Kled 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

Riven Build Kled Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Kled during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Kled. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Riven versus Kled build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Riven incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Kled than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Kled with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Kled as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Riven vs Kled fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kled as Riven are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu above.