Riven vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Riven
based on 2,777 Riven vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Riven vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some significant Riven against Syndra counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Syndra..
Riven usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Syndra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Riven or Syndra?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when playing against Syndra, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter for Syndra.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Syndra, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Syndraas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Syndra matchups, Riven is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Riven is a decent counter for Syndra. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven usually gets a similar amount of CS as Syndra. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Riven versus Syndra build consist of Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Syndra than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Syndra with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Syndra as Riven, you 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 combinations players used for Riven vs Syndra clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.
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