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How to Win Riven vs Vex Counter MatchupRiven is in the s tier of champions

Riven vs Vex

How to Beat Vex as Riven in LoLRiven is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Vex as Riven

based on 2,157 Riven vs Vex matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our data, Riven battled Vex 2157 times. Using so many games with Riven vs Vex provides us faith in our capability to produce useful data and a recommended build to destroy your opposition. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Riven encounters Vex in only 1.8% of her games.

Riven vs Vex Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven has done a poor job of beating Vex. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Riven against Vex rounds, Riven’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Vex.

Best Riven vs Vex Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Death's DanceSpear of ShojinBlack CleaverRavenous 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
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Vex as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Vex

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 Vex Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Vex Image
6.6
< Kills >
7
6
< Deaths >
6.1
4.4
< Assists >
7.2
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
173
< Minions Killed >
159
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.46
17,455
< Physical Damage >
1,387
47
< Magic Damage >
20,451
1,049
< True Damage >
851
18,551
< Damage Dealt >
22,690
24,586
< Damage Taken >
18,585
11,844
< Gold Earned >
11,240
2.12
< Towers >
1.82
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,061
< Total Healing >
2,009
14,695
< Experience >
13,884
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
124
< Time Dealing CC >
537

How to Counter Vex with Riven in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several strategic Riven versus Vex matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vex..

Riven usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Vex. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Vex

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Vex
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Vex

Who is Better, Riven or Vex?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually loses when trying to fight Vex, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a bad counter for Vex.

While Riven does have a lower winrate than Vex, when facing one another, Riven also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Vexas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vex. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Riven vs Vex matchups, Vex is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Vex. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Vex.

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 Vex Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vex as Riven, we analyzed 2,157 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 Vex 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 Vex Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Riven to counter Vex during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Vex. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Riven versus Vex build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Vex than with many other typical builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Vex with this build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Vex as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Riven vs Vex matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vex as Riven are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.