Riven vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Riven
based on 6,241 Riven vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Riven vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Riven versus Vayne counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vayne..
Riven often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Vayne. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Vayne
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Who is Better, Riven or Vayne?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vayne, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Riven makes an ok counter to Vayne.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Vayne, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Vayneas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Vayne matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Riven is a decent counter to Vayne. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven in order to counter Vayne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Vayne. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Riven versus Vayne build include Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Riven included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Vayne than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 50.3% battling Vayne with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Vayne as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, 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 Vayne clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vayne as Riven are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.