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Riven vs Vel'Koz

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How to Beat Vel'Koz as Riven

based on 2,455 Riven vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Vel'Koz as Riven resulted from an evaluation of 2455 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Riven fights Vel'Koz in only 2.1% of her rounds.

Riven vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Riven does a decent job of countering Vel'Koz. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.0% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Riven vs Vel'Koz games, Riven’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Riven vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceBlack CleaverProfane HydraEclipse

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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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Vel'Koz

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 Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.

Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.

Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.

Riven vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Vel'Koz Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.3
6
< Deaths >
6.2
4.5
< Assists >
8.9
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
184
< Minions Killed >
95
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,436
< Physical Damage >
539
57
< Magic Damage >
16,953
1,156
< True Damage >
5,516
20,650
< Damage Dealt >
23,009
26,096
< Damage Taken >
18,072
12,599
< Gold Earned >
10,534
2.33
< Towers >
1.71
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,693
< Total Healing >
1,728
15,623
< Experience >
12,572
17
< Vision Score >
45
8
< Wards Placed >
20
131
< Time Dealing CC >
206

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Riven in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Riven against Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..

Riven typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Riven or Vel'Koz?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a good counter for Vel'Koz.

While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Riven into Vel'Kozas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Vel'Koz 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 late stage team fights.

Riven is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Vel'Koz.

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 Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Riven, we analyzed 2,455 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 Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven typically accumulates more CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Riven versus Vel'Koz build include Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Vel'Koz than with most other common builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 51.0% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Vel'Koz as Riven, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Riven vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Riven are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.