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Riven vs Nilah

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

based on 1,849 Riven vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. Within our database, Riven faced off against Nilah in 1849 rounds. Using so many matchups for Riven vs Nilah gives us faith in our capability to provide informative statistics and a supported build to counter your opponent. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Riven has to counter Nilah in only 1.5% of her matches.

Riven vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven does a pathetic job of beating Nilah. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Riven vs Nilah games, Riven’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Riven vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Black CleaverDeath's DanceEclipseRavenous 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
>
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Nilah

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.

Riven vs Nilah Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Nilah Image
6.9
< Kills >
7.6
5.8
< Deaths >
6.6
4.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
175
< Minions Killed >
172
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.54
18,992
< Physical Damage >
17,143
59
< Magic Damage >
161
1,131
< True Damage >
409
20,181
< Damage Dealt >
17,713
24,184
< Damage Taken >
23,792
11,957
< Gold Earned >
12,618
2.19
< Towers >
2.64
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,175
< Total Healing >
8,324
14,771
< Experience >
13,161
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
126
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Nilah with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Riven vs. Nilah matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nilah..

Riven normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Nilah

Who is Better, Riven or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Riven makes a bad counter for Nilah.

While Riven does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Riven into Nilahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Riven is a terribly counter to Nilah. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Riven against Nilah.

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Riven, we analyzed 1,849 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 Nilah 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Nilah during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Riven versus Nilah build include Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Nilah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 46.8% when countering Nilah with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Nilah as Riven, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Riven vs Nilah face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.8% winrate overall.

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