Riven vs Renekton
How to Beat Renekton as Riven
based on 3,147 Riven vs Renekton matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Renekton Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Renekton as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Renekton
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 Renekton
Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.
Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will usually signify when he is about to attack.
Riven vs Renekton Counter Stats
How to Counter Renekton with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Riven versus Renekton matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Renekton’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Renekton..
Riven often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Renekton. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Renekton
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Who is Better, Riven or Renekton?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when taking on Renekton, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Renekton.
While Riven does have a lower winrate compared to Renekton, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Riven into Renektonas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Renekton. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Renekton matchups, Renekton is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Renekton. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Riven against Renekton.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Renekton during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Renekton. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Riven versus Renekton build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Riven used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Renekton than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Renekton with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Renekton 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 runes players chose for Riven vs Renekton clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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